English in Finland?
17 Jul 2007 06:13 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cimoreneDude, a new cashier at our corner store was speaking English.
!!!!!
According to a study in the newspaper from a few days ago, Finland is the only country in the EU where (in general) you simply can't get a job without knowing Finnish; English is sufficient everywhere else.
I should clarify that she probably speaks basic cash register Finnish, but then so do I: she gave the total and asked if I had the bonus card in English, and asked the little old dude in front of me in English if he wanted a bag, but she also said "Moi" and something garbled that I couldn't make out to me and the guy behind me (which was presumably about the bags as well). I almost asked her if she was actually non-Finnish-speaking but then I chickened out.
She sounded British, but she was very very blond and could easily be, like, from Åland. Most Finnish people whose English is good sound more or less British.
!!!!!
According to a study in the newspaper from a few days ago, Finland is the only country in the EU where (in general) you simply can't get a job without knowing Finnish; English is sufficient everywhere else.
I should clarify that she probably speaks basic cash register Finnish, but then so do I: she gave the total and asked if I had the bonus card in English, and asked the little old dude in front of me in English if he wanted a bag, but she also said "Moi" and something garbled that I couldn't make out to me and the guy behind me (which was presumably about the bags as well). I almost asked her if she was actually non-Finnish-speaking but then I chickened out.
She sounded British, but she was very very blond and could easily be, like, from Åland. Most Finnish people whose English is good sound more or less British.
