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Originally Posted by mazex
It's always good to be reminded that the language of the brave and the bold is the first language for some people outside of Sweden  It must be a bit weird now when the rest of Finland does not know any swedish (as opposed to before when all finns knew some swedish at least)? Is it still the way that the upper class in Helsinki speak swedish? |
Let me tell you this, the Swedish speaking people in Finland -Finlandssvenskar- aren't just one entity. In the south Borgå, Helsingfors, Esbo -Nyland- lives the "proper swedish speakers" as they like to refer themselves as. They consider themselves to be a tad bit "better" then the swedish speakers living on the westcoast -where I live-. They are the "elite" of the minority.
In western Finland (Pohjanmaa/Österbotten) -which is mainly an agricultural place- there are a lot of Finlandssvenskar but since they have the agricultural heritage they are not considered as "refined" as the city dwelling "ruling class" people in the south. Also there are TONS of different -some are really werid-*ss- Swedish dialects here. I could barely understand my girlfriend the first time we spoke to each other -and we're both supposed to be swedish speaking LOL!- Some dialects -like in Närpes/Närpiö- me and even other Swedish speakers FROM Finland have a really hard time understanding.
I could tell you a lot more but I guess I'm waaaay out of topic already
01-21-2011, 12:31 PM
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