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   From: andersons6@inbox.lv   
      
   "Dave Heil"  wrote in message   
   news:H8Qlk.2328$yb5.2040@fe101.usenetserver.com...   
      
   > 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.   
      
   'For the most part', indeed.   
      
   For the most part non-dialectal Swedish as spoken in Finland is considered   
   the most universally intelligible idiom within the Nordic area, i.e. easiest   
   to understand for the greatest number of Nordics.   
      
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