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I was in my room with the lights off and I started hearing this really weird voice that sounded like it was coming from outside. It wasn’t a woman’s voice or a man’s, but the tone was high-pitched enough to be either. And then I heard something being said in Finnish–or so I thought.
It turns out that it was just one of the many languages spoken by people living on different continents who have never been introduced to each other before, thanks to an app called Snow Voices for iOS 10 devices!
It turns out that it was just one of the many languages spoken by people living on different continents who have never been introduced to each other before, thanks to an app called Snow Voices for iOS devices!
Wow! You can actually hear how cheerful they are when speaking their native language? Go check out this awesome new app if you want some cultural exposure!
I hope everyone is enjoying their Easter weekend
When the Snow Starts Speaking Finnish
The snow I’m looking at in my yard is just white fluffy stuff, but what if it starts speaking? Is that weird or not as weird as you might think. Well, it turns out that even though people have different colors of skin and hair color and wear clothes from all over the world–even when they don’t speak any other languages-they actually already share a lot more than we realize. That’s because there are thousands of languages spoken around the world! And every language has its own stories about how their cultures came to be. For example, did you know that Finland was originally underwater before settlers arrived on boats with bronze axes for hunting reindeer? But since most people don’t speak Finnish, they didn’t know that.
So even though one language might seem different from another to us (or we have a hard time understanding it), the stories of how their cultures came to be are actually pretty similar. Except for some languages like Finnish! That’s because there are so many unique words in each native tongue–and country and culture-that you can start seeing all these similarities without ever having met someone before or knowing what languages they speak. And when I was looking at this snow last night, which is now just sitting on my lawn waiting for me to do something with it, I started thinking about how much more interesting the world would be if everyone spoke every language fluently and could understand everything people said no matter where they were from.
But as much as I would like that world, it’s not possible for us to be able to do that right now so we can’t overlook the languages and put them on equal ground with one another because there is no way someone could understand Finnish just by walking down a street in Helsinki or seeing those letters on your keyboard. And even though English has become the lingua franca of many countries around the world (and something you might know more than some other native tongues) at least when people are speaking it, they’re still using their own vocabulary and grammar which means my story about this snow isn’t going to sound exactly like yours!
So here’s what happened: last night was cold enough outside that the snow started to speak Finnish. I went out on my porch and was shocked when this ice froze into a beautiful word that said “snow”. It’s been cold enough for weeks now, so we were all waiting for it, but no one predicted that moment of beauty would be something as simple as snow saying “hello” in another language!
So what do you think? Is there any way we can make sure languages have an equal voice afterall or not? If only the world could start talking like Finns do..
Conclusion: because everyone around me is speaking English, most people will get lost if they don’t know Finnish too well. But even though English has become the lingua franca of many countries around the world, it’s still not the language that is spoken at home.
Number of Words: 600 words
Bullet Point: Start with a personal anecdote about what you want to write about. 800-word blog post on experiencing Finnish snow for the first time and feeling cultural dissonance as you’re surrounded by English speakers who don’t know anything about your culture or country (Finland). Conclusion: It would be nice if all languages were given an equal voice in society but this will probably never happen because so many people live in countries where they speak one predominant language which is different than their mother tongue. But even though English has become the lingua franca of many countries around the world, it’s still not the language that we should be learning to communicate with each other. And if we could all learn more languages, then maybe the snow would stop speaking Finnish and start talking in a language that everyone could understand for once.
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800-word blog post on experiencing Finnish Snow for first time and feeling cultural dissonance as surrounded by English speakers who don’t know anything about your culture or country (Finland). Conclusion: It would be nice if all languages were given an equal voice in society but this will probably never happen because so many people live in countries where they speak one predominant language which is different than their mother tongue. But even though English has become the lingua franca of many countries around world, it is not the only language that should be given a voice.
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It would be nice if all languages were given an equal voice in society but this will probably never happen because so many people live in countries where they speak one predominant language which is different than their mother tongue. But even though English has become the lingua franca of many countries around world, it is not the only language that should be given a voice. All cultures and societies need to have access to information for them to grow and prosper into future generations; however, we as humans can’t take anything away from other people’s culture or country by denying them communication when there are more effective ways to converse.
Finnish is a language I am not particularly fluent in but it’s one that has always fascinated me and when the snow starts speaking Finnish this winter, you’ll know why. Finland only has five million people so they are outnumbered by Swedish speakers who make up about ten percent of their population or half-million Swedes living there while English speakers represent less than two hundred thousand people which is evidence enough to support my statement that all languages should be given equal voice. Thankfully, with technology like Google Translate we can learn other languages at our leisure because now more than ever information accessibility is a big part of any culture’s success and if someone wants to find out what Finland sounds like without visiting then they need not look any further than this blog post or any other blog posts about Finnish and they will have a better understanding of the language that is spoken by some people who speak it as their first or second tongue. Content: When the snow starts speaking finnish this winter, you’ll know why. Finland only has five million people so they are outnumbered by Swedish speakers who make up about ten percent of their population or half-million Swedes living there while English speakers represent less than two hundred thousand people which is evidence enough to support my statement that all languages should be given equal voice. Thankfully, with technology like Google Translate we can learn other languages at our leisure because now more than ever information accessibility is a big part of any culture’s success and if someone wants to find
