Comment on Is there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?

• DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Me as a native finnish speaker making every english speaker in a meeting unsure of my meanig

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  • ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Can you explain please?

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    • jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Finnish people are stereotyped to sound monotone, enunciate clearly, speak directly, and tersely. This makes them seem unfriendly.

      And then they expect you to stay 3 m away from them at all times, which intensifies their seeming unfriendliness.

      At least these are the memes.

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      • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Knew there was a reason I liked Finns…

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      • Yaky@slrpnk.net ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Sounds pretty similar to US stereotypes towards Eastern Europeans, who are “always grumpy” and “rude”.

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    • DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      As others explained, finnish is pretty flat and that carries to the other languages I speak. To english mostly, I refuse to speak swedish

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      • ZiggyTheZygote@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

        From what I’ve learned from memes is that there is “enmity” between Swedes and Finns, am I correct?

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