Worldwide Accent Project - Finland

I made this video in a rush and for some reason when i tried to explain something i forgot all the words..... But tell me how does it sound for you guys :)

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[tenagnek]

I'm American, lived here all my life. If you hadn't said you were Finnish, I would've have thought it sounds like a mix between English (British) and something Scandinavian. I watch a lot of foreign films, often Swedish, but I can't distinguish between various Scandinavian accents. I don't hear American. It's a lovely accent, by the way, and you have a lovely speaking voice.

[nannaew]

@tenagnek okay, first thing i need to bitch about: finland is not part of scandinavia :D so i'm not sure can you say 'scandinavian'...? but thank you lots!:) oh really? i don't get to hear that too often...

[tenagnek]

@nannaew Sorry about that- to clarify, what I meant was that I would have had the impression of some Scandinavian accent mixed with and English accent. I didn't mean to imply that Finland was Scandinavian. When will the project conclude, and when will the film be completed- do you know?

[nannaew]

@tenagnek i'm not completely sure that does it ''end'' in anyway... search worldwide accent project and watch the starting video and you'll get it...

[EnOleOutoOlenUniikki]

Vähä sä oot kaunis o:

[Astromanteia]

Finnish accents when speaking English sound awesome. <33333 =P

[Staureid]

Finland Suomi Berkelle

[MegaMantero]

@tenagnek Finnish is really different, it's not in the same language family like English and Swedish,Indo-European_language­s. Finnish language is Finno-Ugric

[MegaMantero]

@nannaew Scandinavian peninsula is just Sweden and Norway, scandic languages means Danish,Icelandic,Norwegian and Swedish.

Scandinavian culture means also finnish culture, because our history in the middle age was connected with the power of church.

[thenoorys]

@nannaew Finland isn't part of Scandinavia, but to an American (like myself) the accent sounds very Scandinavian/Nordic. Although, I think I can pick out the differences between the Scandinavian countries and Finnish. To me anyway, your R's and L's sound a bit closer to Russian or Eastern European, but the articulation and grammar is kind of Swedish sounding.

[Snakgaroof]

Britti-aksentti erottuu aika hyvin jossain kohti ("Go home, those") tykkään (:

[Toraperse]

@nannaew Well strictly, you're right. Finland is included in "Fennoscandia/-navia" and "Nordic countries", though most likely more than half of Finns would still consider Finland as a part of Scandinavia, so to tenagnek, this is very common mistake.

[nebuner]

heh, sorry you don't have a typical finnish accent. You are past typical finnish accents already. And for your information I am finnish too. You sound more british than american. I sound american compared to you, been mistaken for one even though I think you can hear a slight finnish accent in my english too.

[themikezu1]

@nannaew :D ei mtn :)

[nannaew]

@themikezu1 ai? no kiits!:D