People and Languages...

I had a thought today, actually I have had several however this one in particular stuck in my mind. I've recently had discussion with two people who are either learning Finnish or learnt Finnish. And they both said that "the Finnish language sticks to the rules...Just like Finnish people" and I started wondering whether the language you learnt as a child has an affect on the way you act later on in life. This is probably waffle but hopefully it'll be good waffle...plus I'll be able to have a laugh at the French so it should be worth it :D

Let's start with Finnish, it has rules which it sticks to and you pronounce it exactly as it is spelt (so learn the Finnish alphabet and Finnish speaking becomes much easier.) Finnish people stick rules like super glue to your fingers! J-walking over here is classed as the unforgivable sin. I got shouted at the other day by an old lady purely because I crossed the road when the light was red. It didn't matter that there wasn't a car for 10miles...purely because the rule stats that you are not to cross the road on red, Finns won't cross the road. They stick to the speed limits, even though the speed limits here are actually slower then the mobility scooters old grannies drive back in England! If there is a rule there they'll stick to it... Jersey's sister got a note on her windscreen on Christmas Day purely because she didn't park her car in a designated parking spot at her parents block of flats! What ever happened to Christmas Cheer!?

So that's Finnish... French... well the French language is pretty boring, has a few irregular verbs and the rest is borrowed/stolen from English... sounds remarkable like the people! English is consistent... consistently irregular! Which makes it interesting... Just like the people...I will admit Barnsley now proves to be a bit of sticking point for my theory...I haven't met many interesting people from Barnsley...infact I'm not sure I've met anybody interesting from Barnsley...However take East Anglia for example... you get some interesting (and in-bred) people from there... People from Yorkshire and The West Country...you need an interpreter to understand them... and well people from the North they can be pretty interesting...So yeah English...interesting language - interesting people... also it's one of the best languages... don't believe me? Just look at how many people speak it! So it's one of the Best languages and is it co-incidental that the people are some of the best in the world? I think not! (yes I know you will now say what about Liverpool...well really is Scouse really English? Is it even a language? If it is it just proves my point even more!)

What else...Welsh!! Well now welsh...it's a dying language (I know that's going to any somebody! What are you gonna do about it? Throw a sheep at me? This aint Worms mate! Sheep don't explode!) So anyway Welsh dying language...and just look at the Welsh people...do you really think they're gonna last much longer? It's also a totally uncomprehensible...much like the people...it's also a bit stupid as clearly they don't understand their own language as they have to put all there road signs in English as well just incase they don't understand their own language.

So there that is my thoughts...maybe you would like to continue them and give me your thoughts on the issue...what languages do you speak? Do the native people appear to be like the language? And if you would like to nominate me for a Nobel prize for this rather excellent piece of writing...feel free... At least I've done more then Old Obama did to get his!

Is this enough Bruce?

Well having announced I had a job interview coming up I thought I had better say how the interview went! I went to meet the gentleman, also known as Juha, and having looked through my record of achievement and talked about my experience etc for about 5 mins he informed me that he would like me to work for him if I would like to work for him. So quite simply I replied yes I would! So then we spent the next 40ish minutes talking about tractors, rallying, work, and generally a bit of everything. So now I have a job until at least September. So that is very good indeed! So there you go two posts in 4 days...quite impressive :)

Apparently setting up a Blog creates expectations...

So I will write something. And I apologise for the silence. Life here continues in a slightly warmer state then what it has been for the last 2 months. The temperatures are now regulary above 0 and the sun is getting quite warm so the snow is finally going. However even the Finns have been complaining about this winter, it's been abit colder then the average. But they know how to enjoy it. They've snowplowed off a large area of the lake and everyone goes skating, and there's cross country-ski tracks everywhere...people actually skate and ski to work...which is a pretty cool way to do it. However it is a strange feeling when you suddenly realise that you are stood in the middle of a lake!

I have a job interview on the Friday coming (26th) and I already have a job offer. So hopefully I will start work sometime in April...also just got a car. They're very expensive over here, so unfortuantly couldn't afford anything quite as good as my old motor but I've got another golf just not quite as nice or powerful.

Oh and I've discovered I'm pretty good in the kitchen too! I can make a mean cake, pretty good at scones, and quite a few other cakes and meals and my most other recent triumph was crumpets. :D