nothing like a balmy 80 degrees to make you miss the arctic circle

[skald]

Tuuri Hotakainen shared a photo. 6/7 near Recolle

WHY IS IT THIS HOT SO EARLY IN JUNE??? I'M GOING TO DIE Is it going to be this hot ALL SUMMER??? Someone please help, how do you people survive this?? 100% serious, I'm going to melt :(

[and then, not ten minutes later, once the mail arrives]

Tuuri Hotakainen shared a photo. 6/7 near Recolle

HA HA, VERY FUNNY. A THICK WINTER COAT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I NEEDED IN THE MAIL TODAY. THANKS JIM!

Tuuri Hotakainen PS I WAS BEING SARCASTIC, JIM IS A JERK!!!!

[ooc: pretend that she's not... wearing the coat in the picture, lol.]

Comments

[skald]

I mean, it IS boring. All of Finland is boring, that's why I left.

(But IDK I guess maybe someone could get upset? We're happy when someone even knows what our flag looks like, tbh.)

[thesettingsun]

I did check Wikipedia before I sent that message. Just to make sure.

[skald]

That's okay. I appreciate the effort!

[thesettingsun]

I can kind of sympathize. Obviously, first-generation immigrant and most people can find Japan on a map, it's different, but if I start talking about why I'm embarrassed to speak Japanese in front of other Japanese-speakers because I only really know Tsugaru dialect, people don't get it.

[skald]

Aww, I'm sorry Shuji. I don't really know much about dialects of Japanese, but I'd be interested in hearing more about it if you wanted to share!

(...Can you find Finland on a map, by the way?) [oh man, please say yes, that didn't even occur to her...]

[thesettingsun]

I don't know how many Finnish dialects there are either, but basically... are there any parts of Finland that get looked down on? For being 'hicks', especially?

(The top part of Europe that looks like a dick split in half, Finland is the balls right?)

[...not entirely wrong.]

[skald]

GFjhkfgh I GUESS

that's

true, hahahaha.

I think I know what you mean about the dialects but I'm sorry, I'm still laughing about Finland being the balls.

[thesettingsun]

As long as I remember it, that's better than not knowing where it is! Even if I have to remember it that way.

[skald]

Absolutely! Maybe don't tell people that's how you remember it until you get to know them, though.

[thesettingsun]

[It doesn't come up that often, so that shouldn't be too hard.]

Got it.

Anyway, Tsugaru dialect is basically like that for Japanese - people from that part of the country have the 'stupid hick' reputation. Normally I'd just use standard Tokyo dialect, but Tsugaru dialect is the one I was taught by my parents, so I know it better, and there are a lot of words that are way different in Tsugaru dialect that I just don't know in regular Japanese.

It's subtitled on Japanese television for other Japanese speakers who wouldn't understand it otherwise. It's pretty hard for me to hide it.

[skald]

Ahh, I see. I'm sorry, Shuji. That must be difficult. Moreso if other people don't understand all the nuances.

[thesettingsun]

It's not a really big deal. Most of the time I'm speaking English if I'm not talking to my family anyway.

[skald]

That's true! But I can tell you from experience, it's really nice to be able to speak to someone in your native language, especially if that language is a little uncommon! It's a nice kind of familiarity.

[thesettingsun]

I'm a first-generation immigrant. I think of English as my native language.

[skald]

Oh, oops, I'm sorry. I shouldn't have assumed.

[thesettingsun]

It's okay! Japan's still a part of my heritage, I've just never been there myself.