Winter Olympic pronunciation tips: Finnish

Posted on February 1, 2018 | 3 Comments

I’m getting back onto the Winter Olympics, which are impending. Finnish names come up in a number of winter sports, and people often freak out needlessly and make easily fixed mistakes when trying to say them. Here are four tips to remember if you want to get reasonably close on the pronunciation of Finnish names. Pour yourself six shots and let’s go!

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3 responses to “Winter Olympic pronunciation tips: Finnish”

  1. Azzurosky's avatar Azzurosky | February 2, 2018 at 6:07 am | Reply

    Very interesting post. That stress on the first syllable is similar to Hungarian, I believe, which fits in with them being related languages, I suppose.

  2. Louis Faia's avatar louisf1919 | February 3, 2018 at 11:58 am | Reply

    Tip 2 “Every letter must sound the same everywhere.” Coming from an English user: Gosh what a treat that must be.

  3. Claudette Wood's avatar Claudette Wood | February 13, 2018 at 6:00 pm | Reply

    Thank you! I enjoyed that.

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