I don't know much about Scandinavian ideology. I know that the Scandinavian countries are known for being very liberal and having some of the highest standards of living in the world. Myself, I've always been interested in the Scandinavian countries and languages in general, and it's my dream to live in Norway for a few years. Iceland would be great as well. I'm a big fan of Björk too. She's very quotable, she makes great music and seems to have a lovely, while slightly eccentric, personality.
Before reading your post, I hadn't heard of Patrik Antonius. After looking up some clips of him on youtube, I agree he has a nice accent. I'm not generally a fan of the Finnish accent, although I think the language is extremely pleasant, both phonetically and grammatically. Phonetically, as I've already said, it just sounds poetic. Like people say that French is romantic, Finnish does it for me. The limited use of consonants, liberal use of vowels, and the near 50/50 vowel/consonant ratio makes Finnish quite unique, at least among European languages. Grammatically, on the surface it seems logical enough to be an artificial language, but upon further reading it's easy to see why it's considered one of the most difficult languages, at least in Europe.
I guess one of the great things about English is it's easy to find people of virtually every culture and language, speaking English fluently as a second language. It's always a joy to hear, and it's not really surprising. I wonder how it must seem to, for example, a Finn, hearing a foreigner attempting to speak Finnish. Do you hear it often? What do you think of foreigners attempting Finnish?
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