How can you tell if a Finn is introverted? When he speaks to you he looks at his shoes.
How can you tell if a Finn is extroverted? When he speaks to you he looks at your shoes.
Hmm. Professor Bailyn devotes a chapter of The Barbarous Years to the Finnish peopling of North America. Finland was part of Sweden into the 19th century, then ruled by Imperial Russia until 1917. Finns fought heroically in World War II against first the Soviets then the Nazis. I have not read the Kalevala but have long been aware of it. Five million total population as of 2012. Some good hockey players among them. Off that Finnish joke, they seem like a modest people. Off Sibelius' andante festivo they seem like a modest people. A beautiful piece, it sounds like a hymn, a little sad. It was intended to be celebratory, in commemoration of...a plywood factory. Go plywood! Fascinating people. Here's the link to the music.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VRw9N9OlPo
How can you tell if a Finn is extroverted? When he speaks to you he looks at your shoes.
Hmm. Professor Bailyn devotes a chapter of The Barbarous Years to the Finnish peopling of North America. Finland was part of Sweden into the 19th century, then ruled by Imperial Russia until 1917. Finns fought heroically in World War II against first the Soviets then the Nazis. I have not read the Kalevala but have long been aware of it. Five million total population as of 2012. Some good hockey players among them. Off that Finnish joke, they seem like a modest people. Off Sibelius' andante festivo they seem like a modest people. A beautiful piece, it sounds like a hymn, a little sad. It was intended to be celebratory, in commemoration of...a plywood factory. Go plywood! Fascinating people. Here's the link to the music.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VRw9N9OlPo
