Tag Archives: Suomi

Why We Talk This Way

Posted on May 17, 2015 by Brian D. Butler

I tried to explain the evolution of human languages to our third grader the other day and did a poor job of it. Hopefully, this wonderful infographic created by Swedish writer and comic artist Minna Sundberg will do the trick.

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Call me Touko Korpela

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Brian D. Butler

Inspired by the Travoltafy name generator that lampooned John Travolta’s Oscar presentation flub, Visit Finland has launched the Finngenerator  app which allows users to discover their “Finnified” names. Just chose a gender and type in your name and hit generator. … Continue reading →

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