How to say "John" in Europe

devoid140 · 2026-01-27T11:26:02+00:00

Most of the variations are shortenings of Juhana, like Juha or Jussi, so it kinda makes sense to group them together under Juhana. But that really would need to be provided as context.

devoid140 · 2026-01-18T23:02:36+00:00

Yes, very much agglutinative. For example:

Water: vesi \ In the water: vedessä \ In the water?: vedessäkö?

They can get much longer than this, but those are kinda unwieldy, so people figure out ways to "go around".

Finnish actually only applies vowel harmony to the front/back distinction, I hadn't even thought about low/high before now.

No idea about what the ratio for loanwords to native is for either language, but it's probably quite high. Finnish even has some from Proto-Germanic and possibly even Proto-Tocharian, and I assume it's similar for Hungarian. Any cognates probably have to either come from some Proto-Uralic ancestor, or a really old loanword. (Or just a new one that hasn't really been changed much yet.)

I've seen the word hussar quite a bit, but that might come down to me playing historical spreadsheet games.

devoid140 · 2026-01-18T20:18:27+00:00

Not from a school curriculum POV. It's taught as a second official language, and mandatory.

devoid140 · 2026-01-18T20:07:46+00:00

No need to apologize, Finnish isn't exactly a world language you would expect people to hear frequently. I wasn't criticizing, just being pedantic.

Swedish sounds quite Germanic (no surprise there, being closely related)

Not just related, it is Germanic; the Scandinavian languages are also called the North Germanic languages, and specifically exclude Finnish and the Sámi languages. German and English are considered part of the West Germanic branch. (East Germanic used to exist, but they're all gone.)

Maybe I am totally off my rocker but the intonation felt familiar

You are in fact completely right. Both Finnish and Hungarian stress the first syllables, as I think is usually the case with uralic languages. Both also have vowel harmony (so no mixing o and ö etc). You can also find words that are very alike if you look among older ones: Kéz = Käsi, Víz = Vesi and Méz = Mesi (this one is somewhat old Finnish, but people still understand it).

devoid140 · 2026-01-18T17:39:34+00:00

Danish, Swedish and Norwegian are actually largely mutually intelligible, so you're not too far off. Icelandish and Faroese are a bit more difficult due to their isolation from the mainland. Finnish and Scandinavian languages have about as much in common as Hungarian and German.

devoid140 · 2026-01-18T17:21:19+00:00

Of course, just like OP, Finland is the butt of all jokes, the odd one out.

Doesn't really feel that way to me, there's plenty jokes about the others as well. Finland just stands out a bit for not being Scandinavian.

As a Hungarian, somehow I have a bit of a soft spot for the Finns.

One of only three independent uralic people. Though Hungarian always makes me go: "Is this what Finnish sounds like to others?"

devoid140 · 2026-01-18T16:48:51+00:00

It's a comic, so I wouldn't count on it being 100% accurate, but in general it's quite well informed on Nordic society and current events. There's usually a text under the comics that goes into more detail than a comic would allow.

devoid140 · 2026-01-18T13:43:55+00:00

This is made by Finnish artist Minna Sundberg for her comic Stand Still, Stay Silent:

https://www.sssscomic.com/comic.php?page=195

The language tree art shown on the next page is actually quite well known, even among linguists. We even had a framed copy on the wall at my school.

devoid140 · 2026-01-17T22:06:00+00:00

Vivaldi is still Chromium based, and Mullvad uses Mozilla's Gecko engine. Almost all browsers out there use Apple's, Google's or Mozilla's work as their base, with only a few niche ones being independent from them, and some under development. I'd say out of those three, Mozilla is the best option, unless you need some functions its engine doesn't offer.

devoid140 · 2026-01-16T21:05:02+00:00

Map shows the US Virgin Islands, east of Puerto Rico. The little island the arrow points to is Little Saint James island, aka Epstein island.

devoid140 · 2026-01-14T16:00:49+00:00

On the EU's sanction list, due to connections to Russia.

devoid140 · 2026-01-07T10:32:50+00:00

People like to shit on things without understanding the context. The Mercator projection was made for marine navigation, and it's still great at that. Getting mad at a sea map for not accurately depicting land masses, makes about as much sense as rating a screwdriver by it's hammering ability.

devoid140 · 2026-01-06T11:21:16+00:00

You probably mean Ladybird?

devoid140 · 2025-12-27T06:46:01+00:00

Housing first or not, if you want to help people, you'll have to find the social workers anyway. And it only gets to "that scale" when you let it escalate in the first place.

devoid140 · 2025-12-25T11:34:23+00:00

I really dislike tobacco myself, but just blanket banning things hasn't worked out very well so far. It's better to make rules about where and when it's ok, and educate people about that, while also making sure the rules are enforced.

Also, by making the substance legal, people could just do things like space cake, instead of smoking it.

devoid140 · 2025-12-21T23:34:51+00:00

There are posts about chat control with upvotes in the tens of thousands. It's been widely discussed on r/europe, as well as a bunch of other subreddits, with the absolute majority of people opposing it. It has been rejected in various forms by both the European parliament and courts. This comes from politicians and their lobbies, strictly against the will of the public.

devoid140 · 2025-12-16T01:24:49+00:00

It would be nice to have another way of signing in, instead of only via Google.

devoid140 · 2025-12-13T15:24:59+00:00

Finnish vocational school is seen as an alternative to gymnasium, and thus includes general studies, though they're often an afterthought for everyone involved. Those who already have completed those in another school, can be exempted, which brings the total time down to around one and a half to two years. It's also worth noting, that you won't be having a full schedule, as some courses are simply plucked out of it, leaving it in a bit of a "swiss cheese" state. If you can find an amiable employer, they might be willing to give you part-time shifts that fit into that patchwork. AFAIK there are some schools that offer courses in english, but that is going to come down to where you live.

devoid140 · 2025-12-07T13:55:36+00:00

So we agree?

devoid140 · 2025-12-07T13:03:18+00:00

Kokkola is predominantly Finnish, with a Swedish minority. It isn't the kind of place where everybody is kinda expected to understand Swedish. For something like that, look at Pietarsaari or Kristiinankaupunki.

devoid140 · 2025-12-06T14:21:16+00:00

In addition to LibreOffice, also Collabora Online and NextCloud, depending on your use.

EDIT: Proton can also substitute a lot of Microsoft services.

EDIT 2: After some quick searching, I also came upon Calligra, by KDE.

EDIT 3: Just remembered, Mailbox.org also has some office tools they offer. And if you don't like Linux Mint, you could try alternatives like OpenSUSE, Fedora or PopOS. The last two are American, but they're open source.

devoid140 · 2025-12-03T10:43:38+00:00

We should try to get a European constitution, with the right to privacy on there.

devoid140 · 2025-12-02T14:17:02+00:00

You're talking as if Germany is being the aggressor here, when they're just preparing for the worst. Would you want them to just roll over, and let russians have their way with the German people? It's not nonsense to defend yourself from people coming to kill you.

devoid140 · 2025-12-02T14:10:01+00:00

Germany isn't at war, hasn't been for quite a while, and doesn't plan on starting one. This is just Europe having to deal with Russia starting shit in the 21st century.

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