On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:27:53 +0200, Tim Challenger wrote:

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:42:29 -0600, Hatunen wrote:

Finn, Estonian and Hungaian don't sound a bit "European"

Well they do. Just define than as sounding like a language that's spoken in
Europe.
Actually, when spoken in a group I think Finnish sounds like Italian, but
without and words that I can recognise.

What, every word ends in a vowel?

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:31:16 +0100, Paul Weaver wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:27:53 +0200, Tim Challenger wrote:

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:42:29 -0600, Hatunen wrote:

Finn, Estonian and Hungaian don't sound a bit "European"

Well they do. Just define than as sounding like a language that's spoken in
Europe.
Actually, when spoken in a group I think Finnish sounds like Italian, but
without and words that I can recognise.

What, every word ends in a vowel?

Yes

I'm being serious though. I often have mistaken a group of Finns in a
restaurant for (quiet) Italians, until I could really hear the actual
words.

--
Tim C.

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On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:31:16 +0100, Paul Weaver wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:27:53 +0200, Tim Challenger wrote:

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:42:29 -0600, Hatunen wrote:

Finn, Estonian and Hungaian don't sound a bit "European"

Well they do. Just define than as sounding like a language that's spoken in
Europe.
Actually, when spoken in a group I think Finnish sounds like Italian, but
without and words that I can recognise.

What, every word ends in a vowel?

Yes

I'm being serious though. I often have mistaken a group of Finns in a
restaurant for (quiet) Italians, until I could really hear the actual
words.

Very quiet Italian multiple amputees, I'd have thought.

Iain

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:04:21 +0100, Iain Bowen wrote:

In article ,
says...
On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:31:16 +0100, Paul Weaver wrote:

On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:27:53 +0200, Tim Challenger wrote:

On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 17:42:29 -0600, Hatunen wrote:

Finn, Estonian and Hungaian don't sound a bit "European"

Well they do. Just define than as sounding like a language that's spoken in
Europe.
Actually, when spoken in a group I think Finnish sounds like Italian, but
without and words that I can recognise.

What, every word ends in a vowel?

Yes

I'm being serious though. I often have mistaken a group of Finns in a
restaurant for (quiet) Italians, until I could really hear the actual
words.

Very quiet Italian multiple amputees, I'd have thought.

Iain

Well yes But I was only talking about the language, not the people.

--
Tim C.