I'd like to learn a Scandinavian language. Help me decide which one! [more inside]
posted by mippy on Nov 29, 2009 - 15 answers

Is the Finnish song linked inside based on an English song? [more inside]
posted by terrortubby on Jan 30, 2009 - 1 answer

Calling all Germanic (and Slavic) rockers, ravers and, uh, *insert classical term that starts with "r"*! Help me expand my music collection with European melodies! [more inside]
posted by curagea on Aug 15, 2008 - 13 answers

When my daughter was young, she was taught a Danish or Finnish (IIRC] song. This was over 20 years ago, and she can't remember the words. Now she has a child of her own, and it would be cool to teach our granddaughter to sing it. [more inside]
posted by Daddy-O on Aug 10, 2008 - 5 answers

FinnishFilter: Can anyone confirm or deny whether this song is being sung in Finnish? (Youtube link) Or, is it any other known human language? Or is he just making it up? [more inside]
posted by vacapinta on Mar 31, 2008 - 5 answers

I'm looking for words/music/recordings of an old Finnish song. Unfortunately I don't have much to go on. Hardly anything, really. Only that the verses end with a "hoo! ha! hey!" and it is a "lively" song. [more inside]
posted by quarterframer on Jan 7, 2008 - 11 answers

Proverb origins? Everyone knows the monkey, but the monkey knows no one. [more inside]
posted by Anything on Nov 3, 2007 - 6 answers

Sudenmorsian: I'm very interested in finding a recording of this little radio opera by Pylkkänen, or at least a copy of the libretto to read (not the original story of Kallas that it was derived from). I'm nearly convinced no commercial recording exists, but AskMe is sometimes miraculous...
posted by Wolfdog on Aug 20, 2007 - 2 answers

I am in receipt of a brief paragraph of text in Finnish (~35 words, posted inside) that I need to translate to English. I've tried using various online translator tools, but I suspect it might be too laden with OFFENSIVE DRUNKEN PROFANITY (just a contextual hunch) for them to make heads or tails of it. Can anyone recommend a translator that might handle it, or (better yet) are any Finnish speakers lurking who might be so kind as to interpret? [more inside]
posted by MaxVonCretin on Aug 31, 2006 - 8 answers

I have been searching for a MetaFilter thread I remember reading about a year ago concerning (I think) words for sex in the Finnish language. As I remember, there were about seven words that don't quite translate into English for different types of encounters. Any help?
(Forgive me if this is the incorrect forum for this post) [more inside]
posted by TurkishGolds on May 14, 2004 - 7 answers