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

• jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨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 ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Knew there was a reason I liked Finns…

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    • jbrains@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      When we go to a hotel, we prefer the Finnish level of service: make everything work and otherwise leave us alone.

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  • Yaky@slrpnk.net ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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• DKKHGGGj@sopuli.xyz ⁨9⁩ ⁨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 ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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

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