My, how good he's okay! How old is he? Does he know how to swim? I'm glad it didn't turn out bad
Hi! I meant to write you a PM about Finnish stereotypes tonight, but I'm afraid that will have to wait. I'm still in a bit of a shock after hearing about how my little brother almost drowned today (they published the news online, my aunt noticed it and called me), when the boat he built this summer turned upside down when he was testing it in Lake Päijänne, where our summer cottage is. My father was the first to help him and everyone including the boat is unharmed, only my brother's mobile phone suffered and one of his shoes got lost. So everythings fine, there's nothing to worry about, but it's still a shock when you hear about a close save like that
Of course my previous messages give just a mild idea, as they are general conceptions There are exceptions to every rule, like myself. I'm not really a mountain hermit though I love the mountains (and I don't really enjoy our folk music though I never say it; I keep it to myself, in case nationalists may be near with one of their "moods") Do send me those links when you can. I may find some of mine too
Folks of the west (where I live) tend to be shy, little-talking mountain hermits To get a word from many of us you have to come and pull it out yourself Our folk music can put the most awake person to sleep (local singers do their thing in low speed) Southerners bear the hardest winters, due to their nearness to the Antarctica. Some are happy, others not much. Generally the saddest ones descend from Indians, they have a hard way of life, and therefore little space for cheerfulness. Their folk music is random though, depending on who feels what in a particular moment. Finally we have the eastern folks, a mixture of emotions probably due to being the result of many migratory currents, some from other parts of the country, others from abroad. Most European immigrants arrived at the eastern cities in the first half of the 20th century, they got mixed among each other and with native residents, so imagine the mixture of moods ... 1000-character limitation
After washing some clothes and the like I'm back Our stereotypes are regionally based and we have different climates according to region. If personalities are to be weather-based, here comes a conscientious description Northern people tend to show the melancholic mood, being probably the saddest of the country. They suffer constant floods (especially in the over-rainy lands of the northeast), lose the little they have, get insufficient government assistance and so on. Their folk music is mainly sorrowful, expressing their bad experiences through heartbreaking lyrics. In the middle of the country we have the people of the plains, whose mood is diametrically opposite to that of the north. They are so lively that they barely conceive life without telling/devising at least a hundred jokes per day These folks are the happiest specimens on Earth Their folk songs are often cheerful, as though life were made of sweet-smelling never-dying roses
Haha I'm listening to depressing Finnish music here to feed the melancholy that's so essential part of our national identity I must send you some links and translate you a few lyrics sometime so that you can see what it's like. No happy love songs here
I'm getting back soon with a reply. Keep your melancholy where I can see it
In winter anything above zero is considered warm here And in summer when the temperature rises above 25 Celsius degrees we call it "helle" which means very warm weather Our winters are gettin warmer too. Last year we had quite a lot of snow, which was nice, but the year before that most of the winter was full of "loska", which means wet snow. The temperature kept going between a few degrees above and below zero, which meant that every other day everything melted and then it froze again. It was a dismal winter, everywhere was always dark, chilly, wet and slippery. I'd like to hear about stereotypes of Argentinians, surely there must be some. I'll write you about Finnish ones, once I'll have time for that PM (probably tomorrow ). You already know we're melancholic, but there's much more to us than just that
I WANT TO HEAR SOMETHING MORE! Do send me a PM when you can We'd better use them before they crop them short as well
Aww, my epic biography will cheer up all Finns It will have a chapter titled "About Finns and how I managed to entertain their melancholy" Of all depressions I will suffer, I'm afraid "kaamosmasennus" will not be on my list Our last winter was awfully warm, even hot some days. In this part of the planet winters are becoming less cold every year. I suppose this will cause more bugs, bacteria and viruses in summer, because there isn't enough cold to keep these problems controlled, so I guess we'll be in a bit of trouble. There was snow at my backyard about three years ago, but nothing like Finland or the most southern provinces of my country, which are very far from my spot. And to make things warmer, we have a wind called "Zonda". Born in the Pacific ocean, it comes down from The Andes after losing all humidity, and dives upon us as a dry burning mass of hot unbreathable air, as though there was a dragon breathing fire on you
