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Title: Re: Language and The Community
Post by: Vincent Pryce on 05 Jun 2013, 15:08
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Geography wasn't your strong suite I take it.
Title: Re: Re: Language and The Community
Post by: Makkal on 05 Jun 2013, 15:15
That was unnecessary.

Nicoletta, this wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries) suggests Finland is considered a Nordic country. Though I believe Finnish isn't considered a Nordic language.
Title: Re: Re: Language and The Community
Post by: Vincent Pryce on 05 Jun 2013, 15:23
That was unnecessary.

Nicoletta, this wiki article (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_countries) suggests Finland is considered a Nordic country. Though I believe Finnish isn't considered a Nordic language.

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No, it is not. It is from the Uralic language tree, fenno-ugric to be precise.
Title: Re: Re: Language and The Community
Post by: Nicoletta Mithra on 05 Jun 2013, 16:44
First, my comment was tongue-in-cheek, so, yes, I knew that in the wide sense 'Nordic people' refers to the Finnish people, too, because Finland is a Nordic country. In the strict sense the 'Nordic people' are 'Germanic people that speak the North Germanic languages'. 'Nordic people' can also refer to all Germanic peoples, even the ones living on Sicily. How do you explain that by geography, Vince? Counting Sicily among the Nordic countries? :3
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Ethnology isn't your strong suit, I take it?
Title: Re: Re: Language and The Community
Post by: Vincent Pryce on 06 Jun 2013, 01:19
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Keep on trying to be clever. Maybe you'll succeed at one point.

Title: Re: Language and The Community
Post by: Silver Night on 06 Jun 2013, 01:40
[mod]Random flaming and thread derail. [/mod]