“hi, I’m not from the US” ask set 1 through 30 :P
You don’t ask much, do you? :’D Okay, here we go
1. favourite place in your country? Pretty much every place near water. Thankfully we have loads of lakes and woods where to escape.
2. do you prefer spending your holidays in your country or travel abroad? Abroad, mainly because my “holidays” are always during winter period and I’m a child of green so I much rather go somewhere bit warmer where I can see plants instead of endless piles of snow.
3. does your country have access to sea? Yes we have quite long coast line.
4. favourite dish specific for your country? Most traditional dishes are pretty boring. Anything with smoked fish on it. Or Karelian pies.
5. favourite song in your native language? Oh this is too hard to choose. There’s so many good ones.
6. most hated song in your native language? Again, too many to choose from. I dislike majority of Finnish rap artist so anything from them, and we also have many artists which I think make such whiny music that I can’t stand them.
7. three words from your native language that you like the most? Perkele, meri & rakas (I like the way finns say “r”)
8. do you get confused with other nationalities? if so, which ones and by whom? Probably with other nordic countries. I have been mistaken as Danish quite a lot because of my accent.
9. which of your neighbouring countries would you like to visit most/know best? Norway, because they have such cool mountains and lot of coast.
10. most enjoyable swear word in your native language? Perkele. There’s every essence of Finnish in that word.
11. favourite native writer/poet? A. W. Yrjänä
12. what do you think about English translations of your favourite native prose/poem? I don’t think there’s any translations for them so IDK
13. does your country (or family) have any specific superstitions or traditions that might seem strange to outsiders? Finns love free buckets. When new store opens they offer free buckets and people line up to get one. It’s so weird, but people love to do it.
14. do you enjoy your country’s cinema and/or TV? Not really. I do like our comedy shows because our humor is so dark and sarcastic that it’s hard to capture, so when someone does it right it’s darn funny. But I don’t think there’s not many good Finnish actors and our films are crap.
15. a saying, joke, or hermetic meme that only people from your country will get?
16. which stereotype about your country you hate the most and which one you somewhat agree with? Well most of the stereotypes are pretty accurate so I’m not sure do I hate any.
17. are you interested in your country’s history? Yes and no. I’m interested about the old history, but mostly when you say you are interested in Finnish history everyone assume you mean the military history, which I don’t care about one bit.
18. do you speak with a dialect of your native language? I have a mixture of dialects, because my dad is northern so I use some words and emphasis that are different than is usually used in the are I live in. But I think any Finn could tell where I’m from by the way I speak.
19. do you like your country’s flag and/or emblem? what about the national anthem? They are both okay. I would much rather have Finlandia Hymni as our national anthem instead Maamme laulu but it’s not up to me.
20. which sport is The Sport in your country? Ice-Hockey!!!
21. if you could send two things from your country into space, what would they be? Our prime minister and one of his lackeys
22. what makes you proud about your country? what makes you ashamed? I’m proud we still have so much nature left. I’m ashamed that the government is constantly working on to change that. Also the bigotry and constantly growing separation between well earning people and the poor people.
23. which alcoholic beverage is the favoured one in your country? Majority of people like beer. I can’t drink that so I would stick with Lonkero.
24. what other nation is joked about most often in your country? Sweden. We hate Sweden.
25. would you like to come from another place, be born in another country? Hmm. I wish I could live somewhere else, but I’m very pleased I have born and raised here.
26. does your nationality get portrayed in Hollywood/American media? what do you think about the portrayal? Sometimes. Mostly they portray Finland as very mountainy country which is not true because we don’t have mountains at all except in Lapland. And usually the Finns sound & look more like Russian people than Finns.
27. favourite national celebrity? I have few. I adore our weather man Pekka Pouta, actor/singer/media persona Cristal Snow & actor Antti Holma.
28. does your country have a lot of lakes, mountains, rivers? do you have favourites? We are a land of a thousand lakes.
29. does your region/city have a beef with another place in your country? Tampere & Turku have been making fun of each other and having weird competitions for ever. I’m not even sure why.
30. do you have people of different nationalities in your family? My aunt is married to a man who’s half English half Greek but no one else other than that. And we don’t even have any contact on them anymore so I guess I shouldn’t even count him in :P
