tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post6212907103235097711..comments2024-02-03T10:27:22.640+00:00Comments on Nordic Voices in Translation: Meet the GermansDavid McDuffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-740518108035622532009-06-18T20:38:16.059+01:002009-06-18T20:38:16.059+01:00>>I would like to know where she assembled t...>>I would like to know where she assembled this list of clichés about Finns from<<<br /><br />Eric, the "mökki-nature-silent-design-technology-Sweden-Russia", etc. clichés that Ariane Grundies mentions are just about the most common ones there are, and if you spent 4 years in Finland as a foreigner you must be aware of those stereotypes...<br /><br />I think what's David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-32541788389474061122009-06-18T18:39:33.022+01:002009-06-18T18:39:33.022+01:00I see that Grundies also had a bursary to stay in ...I see that Grundies also had a bursary to stay in Kraków. This will have made her more perceptive. She is also an Ossie, which makes a difference. But I would like to know where she assembled this list of clichés about Finns from. Were these Finns lobbying her, or foreigners complaining about the Finns behind their back, which foreigners are wont to do? ("Es soll ja so sein...") I can&#Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-76730602364150053052009-06-18T17:46:18.974+01:002009-06-18T17:46:18.974+01:00>>I find the quote a little soundbitish
I t...>>I find the quote a little soundbitish<br /><br />I think it's deliberately so. The poster (Ariane Grundies, who is a <a href="http://www.arianegrundies.de/" rel="nofollow">poet and novelist</a>) is trying to sum up most of the clichés about Finns, and succeeding quite well, I think.David McDuffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01515361544462041148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2041385492321829905.post-25635026057965621822009-06-18T16:44:19.399+01:002009-06-18T16:44:19.399+01:00I lived for a total of about four years in Finland...I lived for a total of about four years in Finland between the early 1970s and 1980. Since then I have returned for summer courses; but you mix mainly with other foreigners.<br /><br />Living among the people does give you some insights. So I wouldn't say: "Ich habe sehr unterschiedliche Dinge gehört". I didn't hear things, I observed them around me.<br /><br />I find the quote Eric Dickenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473407452357469485noreply@blogger.com