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   XPost: alt.politics   
   From: anton.usenet@gmail.com   
      
   Dave Heil kirjoitti:   
   > Eugene Holman wrote:   
      
   >> There are several rgionally different cultures within Finland, as well as   
   >> three major indigenous langauage groups and other minorities.   
      
   > The Swedish speaking minority makes up only about six percent of the   
   > population.  For the most part, even Swedes have a tough time   
   > understanding their Swedish.   
      
   There is not only one Finnish Swedish, but several. A Stockholm Swede   
   will perhaps understand Helsinki or Turku Swedish even better than Skåne   
   or Norrland Swedish. On the other hand some dialects like the   
   osthrobotnian Närpes dialect is equally incomprehensible for both Sweden   
   Swedes as it is to a Helsinki Swedish-speaker.   
      
   > For the most part, Finnish culture is very homogeneous.   
      
   It may appear so. To an average Finn a Hamburger and Bavarian are both   
   the same, except that an elderly Bavarian guy will probably at times   
   dress in lederhosen and a silly hat, and drink more beer (especially in   
   october).   
      
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   Anton   
      
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