While Finnish is a small language, it is nevertheless a language of science, like Czech, which is a language of similar size and useability.
We need to ensure it stays that way.
Professors in Finland are somewhat concerned that scientific circles are taking in English loanwords for everything eventhough Finnish language professors are working full time to create new Finnish words for science related things.
There are many scientific articles published in Finnish but most of them are not in the fields of interest outside of Finland or perhaps Estonia.
The scientific research made in Finland that does get recognition world wide, is published in English with usually no Finnish version available at all.
This is somewhat concerning because Finnish had a tough battle to become language of science starting from the year 1858. Finland did have some of the worlds first important modern universities after all.
Homo- ja biseksuaalisen tyttöyden representaatiot Siiri Enorannan Surunhauras, lasinterävä ja Maria Turtschaninoffin Anaché: Myter från akkade -fantasiatyttöromaaneissa
Masters Thesis!
John Martin
do we really though ? finnish language is beautiful (arguably) and great but it's time to move on and speak french like the rest of the european federation
Logan Kelly
But what's the point of making up words instead of just using English loans? In the end those made up finnish words are no different the Tolkiens sindarian or black speech. It's just weird to me how we can just make up words on the fly.
Wyatt Edwards
What's the finnish word for Software?
Asher Jackson
un logiciel
Nicholas Diaz
Suomi on runoilijoiden kieli Tästä asiasta pitäs tulla kaikille parempi mieli Runoilijat on sen alunperin kirjoittaneet ja tieteilijät ovat sen vain kiinni ottaneet
Adam Cruz
Ohjelmisto
See, its ohjelma "program" a word used in Finland since the invention of tv:s, just with small alteration, perfectly fine.
Even hard disk found a nice word "kiintolevy", it's somewhat direct translation from English words hard + disk.
Ryder White
umm ohjelmisto?
Cooper Howard
>speak English like the rest of the european federation fixed because we will NEVER learn french hurts, doesn't it, frog bitch always playing second fiddle a has been second rate imperialists
Evan Campbell
why would we speak english without uk ? it's very likely the union will speak french or german
Evan Allen
lol no to keep balance, neither French nor German will be used keep dreaming imperialist dreams, frog
Brody Diaz
whatever, one can hope, and there is reason to don't know why you're so butthurt about france though, i'm sure nobody here ever bothered doing harm to your remote shithole
Michael Ortiz
and then there is programming - ohjelmointi file - tiedosto folder - kansio
the only thing we can't get rid of is "ok" button because it can't be translated to Finnish
