Finns are very well known for their complete misunderstanding of irony. As they are aware of their intellectual deficit, they may overcompensate by taking any statement as some form of sarcasm. This has led the nation to some very exciting situations, like when the Swedes said "Hey, we are going to rule you for a couple of centuries" and the Finns kind of replied "Don't forget to build a couple of castles too".

Take the word for cigarette lighter. It is savukkeensytytin, which is the reason why so many Finns carry matches.

When the Finns start a word they see how many foreigners they can weed out on the first syllable. Take the Finnish word for "98". The first three letters are "yhd". That eliminates a lot of competition right there. For the full Finnish word for "98" I would advise you fasten your seat belts and put on your crash helmet. Here it goes - "yhdeksänkymmentäkahdeksan". According to Berlitz, that is pronounced simply: "EWHdayksaenKEWMmayntaeKAHdecksaan". Finns have died of old age trying to count to 100.

Part of the problem with the Finnish language is that Finns don't mess around with little bitsy words at all. If they are going to use the word "the" or "a" or "by" they just stick it onto a nearby word as an ending. Seriously, look at the Finnish version of this page, the word have like fifty letters and and are barely pronounceable. Take the word "Juoksentelisimmekohan?" for example. It translates to "Should we run a little bit without any meaningful destination?" That's one of the reasons why films made by Aki Kaurismäki have just a few lines.

And don't think you are going to get away with not pronouncing every letter, either. Nothing is wasted in Finnish. Sometimes, when they use a couple or three vowels in a row, they'll put two little dots over the tops of some of them just to break the monotony. Those little dots mean something. In the word "pencil sharpener", which is spelled "kynänteroitin", they put two little dots over the "a" and that means it is pronounced like an "a" and an "e" slopped together. It also means that you are going to find a lot of dull pencils in Finland.

It is savukkeensytytin, which is the reason why so many Finns carry matches.

90% of Finnish people are in a Black/Death metal band.

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