Finnish hipsters. I did not know such a thing existed. posted by Jon_Evil at 6:13 AM on December 23, 2009
i love the finns.
hipsters is a stretch, perhaps, but there's some weird-ass shit that goes on over there. and that i love over here : ) posted by msconduct at 6:42 AM on December 23, 2009
You gotta do something to keep warm. posted by The Whelk at 7:35 AM on December 23, 2009
See, I came here to make some snide Terry Riley In C joke, and then I decided I should actually watch the video, and I'll be damned! It has some qualities of In C, and I find it more interesting than it probably is because of that.
Someone really should send them the score to In C (.pdf) and have them arrange that for their phones. That would be groovy. Or maybe grøøvy. Or grövy? Finnish is not my strong point. posted by hippybear at 9:25 AM on December 23, 2009 [1 favorite]
It would be gruuvi, and yes, that word is actually used for "groovy" in Finnish. The letter "y" is pronounced like "u" in Finnish; "o" is always "o", and "ö" is always "ö", pronounced like "ehh".
/Finnish speaker, but not a Finn, lived in Finland, love their understated yet very-present wackiness posted by fraula at 10:28 AM on December 23, 2009 [2 favorites]
Finland has some of the most fascinating cultural exports outside of Japan. posted by LSK at 11:19 AM on December 23, 2009
love their understated yet very-present wackiness
fraula, you've capture the essence of why i will be returning to HEL after winterbreak on the equator, though i've not yet managed to learn more of the language than maito, juusto, kinkku and perunamussi ;p posted by infini at 2:17 PM on December 23, 2009
Metafilter: understated yet very-present wackiness posted by Cogito at 4:50 PM on December 23, 2009
understated yet very-present wackiness
I will be using this to explain why I like Helsinki from now on. Kiitti, fraula. :) posted by taursir at 5:13 PM on December 23, 2009
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