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In reply to the discussion: We just watch what they do, then do the opposite. [View all]treestar
(82,383 posts)30. Those countries are smaller and more cohesive
It is easier for them.
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nothing to do with morans; more to do with big money & big power operating behind the scenes.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#13
in finland it's sa-oo-na. not in the US. loan words are almost nowhere pronounced exactly
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#14
as i said, finnish has borrowed lots of words from other languages, and the finns pronounce them
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#17
some people make a big deal out of nothing. language isn't a fixed thing. the finns have borrowed
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#20
you lived in an area with finnish immigrants. that's why they pronounce it in the finnish way.
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#37
the american pronunciation is the pronunciation of most americans. which is 'sawna'. pronouncing
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#43
Who says that most americans prounouce it SAWnah? You? Maybe around you they do.
Thor_MN
Jan 2013
#44
And note that all of those failed American strategies are cornerstones of Conservativism.
Squinch
Jan 2013
#5
Endemically failed strategies are the prices we gladly pay for the joys of living in a right-wing-
indepat
Jan 2013
#7
The one that most infuriates me is the last one. We send thieves to prison unless..
BlueJazz
Jan 2013
#15
it's almost comical the way this country choses the exactly wrong solutions to its problems
KG
Jan 2013
#24
We refuse to learn from others who have successfully attempted what we're facing.
gateley
Jan 2013
#39