If you are familiar with Scandinavian and Northern European languages you might have noticed a peculiar way of speaking while inhaling. In linguistics, this is called ingressive speech. According to a research paper titled Languages with pulmonic ingressive speech: updating and adding to the list by Robert Eklund - professor in Language, Culture and Phonetics [...]
Photo: Student housing in Helsinki. University students in Finland are demanding more money. In 2017, financial aid was cut to EUR250.28 per month. Today, students are demanding a EUR100 increase in financial aid from the new government that would bring their support to around EUR350 monthly. Unfortunately for students a rise in financial aid seems [...]
The Finnish government elected in April 2019 is surely not dancing to the tune of "I don't Need No Education" by legendary band Pink Floyd. On the contrary, the government has decided to increase mandatory education by three years. This "forces" all Finns to attend upper secondary education. Tough choice Allow us to continue with [...]
