I love your reaction. I'm an estonian, close to Finland. And our languages are pretty similar, and the thing is we have separate words for literally everything. We don't take a word and use it in 20 different situations just to make the list longer or something, in english, 1 word can have so many meanings depending on the sentence that it makes my head spinning.
I love how Ismo acts more nervous and insecure than he really is. And the fact he is not even tying to siund like an American, or english speaker in general. And the way that he tinks things through. Not a stone left unturned. Today I tried to take pictures using an automat for renewing my ID card. We have to do that every 5 years. When I finally got a picture I thought was ok, the automat, a piece of shit, refused to send it forward. "There has been some problems with the automat today!" "I noticed, perkele!" They reimbursed the costs, but man how difficult it is nowadays. Way back in time it would have taken a couple of seconds, now it was 5 minutes, at least it felt like it. And it can take two bankdays till the money is in my account. So, because it's friday today, I may get the money on Tuesday. I think I've had it, and go somewhere where a human being takes the picture. A good thing is that they send the pictures to the police, so I don't need to go to the police station. Stay Safe! (Everybody) ❤ from Helsinki 🇫🇮
In the older videos of him he is actually naturally very nervous and is stuttering, but since I think he has kind of trademarked it, even if he has grown out of it.
The reason why I love Ismo as a comedian is his unique way of looking into things in a new perspective and pointing it out how weird it is. I just recently went to see his live show for the first time and it was amazing. In Finnish of course. :) PS. Greetings from Finland.
Ismo's observational comedy is so hilarious, no matter if it's in english or finnish, I remember my first time hearing about him when he was in a finnish awards show doing a bit/song about how all the mainstream pop songs are basically the same song and he did it with a guitar
At 6:25, this was a very good observation. And interesting too. In fact, I always learn something from you about Finland or our culture etc. Great to hear that more Nightwish is coming. Have a nice weekend. :)
English is actually the easiest languages to learn because you hear it everywhere: in songs, movies, tv etc. I don't think most foreigners can explain English grammar to anyone (there are more exceptions than rules and grammar in general is boring), you just learn by listening and comparing what you've heard for instance to subtitles. Another thing is that it's easy to forget languages if you don't use them for years. They'll come back but with English you don't have that problem. It's the universal language nearly all understand and speak at least a bit and even you wouldn't meet foreigners for a long time - which is pretty difficult even in Finland - you would still hear it on radio and tv. Everything on internet is also in English so at least one can maintain reading comprehension and written skills.
Everything on the internet is in the language you select!!! And I got kicked out of a high school English class because I told the teacher, that other than Latin, English is the hardest language to learn (at least reading and writing). She said I was wrong. I then told her to write, on the blackboard "There are three tu's in the English dictionary, without writing it phonetically." That sentence cannot be written!!! I wrote tu's somewhat phonetically. The teacher said my challenge was ridiculous, and to wait in the hall. Spanish is probably the easiest language to learn, because every letter has the same sound, every time, and every thing has only one word! Two= dos. To= a. Too= tambien...English...laughter= lafter. Daughter= dafter???NOOOO.
Most native speakers can't explain the grammar. And it depends on where you're from when it comes to how difficult it'll be. But yes English is easy to many people. Personally I never felt I had to study English, it just came naturally because here in Sweden it's everywhere and pretty similar to Swedish.
Since Finland is in EU, I wonder why so few foreign movies are from the EU (in contrast to USA). English is in movies and songs only because distributors choose to play them. And because people like them, I guess. Like how many Spanish, Polish or German movies are played in our theaters (before corona)?
I just found out about this channel few days ago and I like your videos a lot. You come across as genuine and that's appreciated, while many content creators on YT seem so superficial. Keep doing what you're doing. Subscribed.
I loved this when I recently saw it because kind of like you said, he didn't actually tell me anything I didn't know as an American-English speaker, but I never thought about the word like that until he pointed out, then it's like how did I never realize this? Hahah.
I just made you from 999 likes to 1K likes! Anyway, thanks for featuring the Ismo video. I had seen it before but I had missed some of the jokes that needed explaining.
Yayy - nice one Rach!! It usually takes a foreighner to find out nations oddities - which pass their own shiff like nothing, but for a foreighner as a BIG???
This was so nice reaction! ❤️ 😀 And English has been quite easy for me, I think. But I understand it well and speak well but writing is more difficult to me. But american english is much more easyer to me than for example british english, I don't know why... Maybe because in Finnish television you can see more American TV-program's than British, so when I was learning it more and more, I have seen and heard more American programs and learn that ways more. But when I hear British english, I can hardly make any sense it what so ever, only little things here and there. 😀 And when I'm writing poems or songs I always write it in English, even though it's more difficult to me, but hardly ever in finnish, and when I'm singing, I sing in English songs mostly. I just love all the versatility of English language and how it sounds and everything. But that is the only language with my mother language that I can speak and make any sense. 😀🇫🇮💙🇬🇧🇺🇸
ISMO IS the shit! This guy is hilarious. Thank YOU for the tip in a earlier video. By the way, have you seen his Corona Crappaper Revival video? I swear, you can't stop laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
I find it lovely that this bit - as well as the one about "ass" - are humorous ONLY because both Ismo AND the audience understand perfectly what those expressions mean. If they didn't, the sketches would lose their comedic value - and become lectures... Hahaha!
If you're not familiar with them already, please check out and react to Poets of the Fall! They are one of the best Finnish bands out there! Plenty of videos on TH-cam, music videos and live performances. For a best start I'd recommend "Carnival of Rust".
Try to do this to finnish. There are plenty of weirdness in finnish language as well. I don't know if it's not common, but personally and some friends enjoy looking at wordplays that take something that's taken granted as an expression to a new context that perhaps fits the literal meaning better, or just applies it to a different use of the word. A friend once constructed "inhohimo" from "intohimo". Intohimo meaning passion, himo meaning lust, into being kinda eagerness, then inho for hatred. The end result is not so far from passion, as sometimes a passionate relationship can be one of those love and hate relationship where it actually is "inhohimo".
Ismo is one clever guy who has knowledge of words. You know how our language is. Kuusi can mean so many things and it is one of the oldest words in Finnish language
I learned english when I was 9 years old reading an swedish-english dictionary because a video game I played was all in english I learned that the word "the" doesn´t really mean anything, it just means that the word coming after it is the word that u are referring to :D
I have not gotten reaction videos before. Turns out it's because i never gave a shit about the reactor before. I will get my coat, but before I do, Good tidings.
I would like to suggest a reaction to Ismo's bit on vegans 🙂 PS. Good channel, its nice to hear your thoughts. You view finnish things from an american angle, and its really interesting to hear.
Yeah Ismo is the shit. -But i do hope, that someday some other Finnish comedians would also start to do their gigs in English. Because those guys have a lot of potential.. Well im talking about guys like Sami Hedberg, Ilari Johansson and Niko Kivelä for example. Well naybe someday. But anyways a nice video from you Rachel again. Keep on going doing these Finnish friday videos. You rock!!!!
How about another reaction video to Ismo? 🙂 I would srtongly recommend the video on "Chivalry", it is so witty! The video has bad audio, so headphones recommended. You'd be in for some very insifhtfull and funny stuff 🙂 Thanks for thr videos, been a follower for a year.
Well there is a joke here in Finland, when you have to run for to take a shit. So you might say things like when you are in a hurry. Like " I´ll run to bathroom now" And your boss just might say to you. " Ok well that´s nice to hear. But at least my Dodge Caravan still runs with gasoline" So here we go again, huh?
Hey! Our Rachael just got famous in Finland! Nice & neutral enough story - helluva lot of weird whining in the comment section. Tabloid link www.is.fi/matkat/art-2000006705378.html?
I've been lately obsessing about "lumilapio", the Finnish word for "snow shovel". That is, because "lumi" sounds SO similar to "aluminum" - the lightweight metal snow shovels are typically made of. I thought most certainly then that "lumi" must mean ALUMINUM, since "lapio" in Finnish means "shovel" and every snow shovel I've ever seen was made of aluminum. However, aluminum didn't become affordable and commercially available as snow shovels until 1886, so surely Finns' word for snow, "lumi", is far older. So why then does "lumi" sound so much like the root word of the metal, "aluminum" snow shovels are so often made of?? When the metal, aluminum was named after its discovery in 1825, it was likely named for its lightness in COLOR - not its lightness in weight. (This to me is ridiculous, because the most striking feature of aluminum is certainly its light WEIGHT - not its color! :oP ) Thus, the word part, "lumi" (meaning "snow" in Finnish) in both the Finnish word, "LUMIlapio" (snow shovel) and in the word for the metal, aLUMInum is for both snow and aluminum being very light in COLOR - not weight. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium
An interesting and entertaining observation you've made there! I do have slight troubles following your logic though. The word "lumi", with many other weather related words, are apparently the oldest words in Finnish language and hence can be traced at least 1000-2000 years back. The word "aluminum" (or "alumiini" in Finnish) comes from the mineral "alumina" whose name derives from the Latin word "alum", meaning "bitter salt". Since Latin and Finnish are not related languages, similarities between the words lumi & aluminum are merely coincidental. Or maybe that was exactly your point: a funny thought game!! :D
@@Samisesano Yes, fun thought game. Like Seppo is a Finnish name while in Australian rhyming slang "a seppo" is an American - (usually a loud and obnoxious one, not all of them). It comes from "septic tank rhymes with Yank".... Close to the subject of the video!
@@Samisesano It's hard to say for certain how words evolved - especially in Finland with its long and complex history and that it had no reliable way of documenting that history until relatively recently. That was, probably when the Catholic Church started infusing Finnish culture with its own language and ideas around 1100 A.D. History of Finland The earliest written sources mentioning Finland start to appear from the 12th century onwards when the Catholic Church started to gain a foothold in Southwest Finland.[2] Due to the Northern Crusades and Swedish colonisation of some Finnish coastal areas, most of the region became a part of the Kingdom of Sweden and the realm of the Catholic Church from the 13th century onwards. Chronology of languages in Finland The question of the timelines for the evolution and the spreading of the current Finnish languages is controversial, and new theories challenging older ones have been introduced continuously. The Finnish language is thought to have started to differentiate during the Iron Age starting from the earliest centuries of the Common Era. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Finland
@@nathan2813 Thankfully, Finnish language keeps a record in a manner of speaking. You just need to look beyond the nominative in the dictionary. Lumi - lumen (GENetive) - i to e because the word probably used to be lume (which in modern Finnish is used for placebo and other things seeming to be something they're not. (That one goes lume: lumeen). Possibly something about the way snow works: it hides all nasty stuff you don't want to look at and really changes how things look; it makes everything seem lighter in the darkness when the Sun isn't getting up any time soon... Meanwhile a newer word doesn't change like that: kumi (rubber/eraser) - kumin. (No i to e change for new words).
Hi! This was the second video I watched from you. I love your laughter. Check out one more video from Ismo, the one from Late Late Show W/ James Corden. No means no. All the best for you.
In Finnish language the word Sh..t is ... Paska, and it can be used in so many ways as well without going to details (I do not Know if this is going to be Extracted because of the finnish bad word)
Great video as usual 👍🤗 I strongly recommend for you to watch Ismo's video on vegans. It's hilarious 🤣😂 I think the point of that video is, that being a vegan is a good thing, but you shouldn't take it too seriously. Just relax and enjoy life. Have a great weekend! 😊
Regarding how it would've been if you were a foreigner and had to learn english, it depends highly on what your native language was, for example swedish and english are "related" to eachother, while finnish and english are not, I think if you were to study swedish, you would find it easier than when you studied finnish
@@subrosa7708 Is it not obvious? She was wondering what it would be like to learn english if it was not her native language, my point was that it depends on whet her native language was, if it was one that is closely related to english, learing english would be easier
@@subrosa7708 you are the very intelligent one (not) I never said that... She was wondering what beeing a foreinger (not american) and needing to learn english would have been like, an entirely hypothetical scenario, I said that it depends on what her native language was, absolutely not a single a word about where she should have moved.... how you even made that connection makes no sense at all
If you whant to combind finnish comedy and music. I could rekomend poorka playboys and their version of Bohemian rapsody. Or steve 'n seagull's and of their videos. Just some sugestions from a Swede.
You need to react to "Wintersun" and shit... and what did we learn from this video? If you do; Loneliness -- Time -- Sons of Winter and Stars Many more good songs, but these are for the views as well. Just do it in that order.
Haha, yes, I think slang was invented so even dumba$$es could contribute to human society and culture! (The rest of us had to invent great things like cars, computers, vaccines, and spacecraft!) :oD
Hi! As promised I'm leaving another comment. Nope, I'm not gonna try to surprise you this time, not with that word. You would just think I'm a piece of shit if I do and Ismo made most of those jokes anyway. No, I was more thinking that I can show I can be serious, too. I was wondering what's about your Finnish Fridays. Now I get you probably are from Finnish ascend, since you mentioned a word is stronger in english than in finnish.
@@WildwoodVagabond The number of people that learnt English (or some other major language) through games in the past few decades just because games didn't deal with their first language must be pretty significant. I was taught English soon enough anyway but my first language was Scottish Gaelic and I would play games in English before I even started learning English. I felt like I already had my bearings in English just because of the games I played in the language. You simply had to learn a bunch of vocabulary at the very least to make any progress in a lot of games. Pretty good way to get kids a start in a language IMO.
Hey Rachel and Corey. Well just got this wild idea on my mind. Well how about when those borders re-open , well would you guys like to meet the President of Finland in person??? Cause that could be arranged, if those time-tables just match. Well our presidential office is quite open minded for the free publicity made by some youtube stars. Well if you are intrsted, just let me know. Cause i i can try to arrange it to be real
It's a common assumption that learning english is much easier than let's say learning russian or german or spanish. But the truth is, the more you dig into the english language, the more you realize how difficult and complex it really is. Just think about the 'easy' stuff like for example pronouncing vowels. Any vowel can turn into a schwa sound depending on its surrounding consonants. Or the pronunciation of the same vowel changes based on plural or singular (o-sound in Woman / Women (also notice that the a-sound and e-sound is the same in both cases)). Then there are tenses in english that don't even exist in other languages, that's why Germans often sound kinda funny when they speak english, especially about past events. So many letters and even syllables are silent and there are sooo many compounds. And then don't forget about the amount of slang, like 'a$$' and 'sh!t'. English is kinda easy to learn but very difficult to master / become fluent. Regards from Switzerland 🙂
I swear to god English is not a real language but three ones wearing a trench coat pretending to be one. Also the heavy use of idioms like "its not my cup of tea" can be a real"pain in the neck"
Kimi Räikkönen once said "I was having a shit" and actually meant it.
This guy is a genius, all his stuff is great. 'Ass' is another good one.
I love your reaction. I'm an estonian, close to Finland. And our languages are pretty similar, and the thing is we have separate words for literally everything. We don't take a word and use it in 20 different situations just to make the list longer or something, in english, 1 word can have so many meanings depending on the sentence that it makes my head spinning.
Ismo's best practice is that he is so "lost". I'm really waiting for Nightwish. Cheers, Rachel, have a nice weekend!
Lol yeah he plays that well. Have a good weekend!
I love how Ismo acts more nervous and insecure than he really is. And the fact he is not even tying to siund like an American, or english speaker in general. And the way that he tinks things through. Not a stone left unturned.
Today I tried to take pictures using an automat for renewing my ID card. We have to do that every 5 years. When I finally got a picture I thought was ok, the automat, a piece of shit, refused to send it forward. "There has been some problems with the automat today!" "I noticed, perkele!" They reimbursed the costs, but man how difficult it is nowadays. Way back in time it would have taken a couple of seconds, now it was 5 minutes, at least it felt like it. And it can take two bankdays till the money is in my account. So, because it's friday today, I may get the money on Tuesday. I think I've had it, and go somewhere where a human being takes the picture. A good thing is that they send the pictures to the police, so I don't need to go to the police station.
Stay Safe! (Everybody)
❤ from Helsinki 🇫🇮
Ah man that sucks! I hope the rest of your weekend goes well. Love from Texas ❤️✌🏼
In the older videos of him he is actually naturally very nervous and is stuttering, but since I think he has kind of trademarked it, even if he has grown out of it.
How do you help a constipated person?
U scare the shit out of them... 😄 Thnx for this video, it brighten up my day. Take care! Lumikola 😄 and moi-moi!
Haha 😂
The exit phrase is funny too: I've been Ismo. As if the case might have changed by the end of the gig.
Haha I missed that part until I was editing the video
The reason why I love Ismo as a comedian is his unique way of looking into things in a new perspective and pointing it out how weird it is.
I just recently went to see his live show for the first time and it was amazing. In Finnish of course. :)
PS. Greetings from Finland.
A good take! About learning English as a foreign language, Ismo made one about that too: ISMO | She Sells Sea Shells
Lol I bet that’s funny! I’ll have to check it out
Ismo's observational comedy is so hilarious, no matter if it's in english or finnish, I remember my first time hearing about him when he was in a finnish awards show doing a bit/song about how all the mainstream pop songs are basically the same song and he did it with a guitar
Yes Greetings from Finland
At 6:25, this was a very good observation. And interesting too. In fact, I always learn something from you about Finland or our culture etc.
Great to hear that more Nightwish is coming. Have a nice weekend. :)
I hope you have a good weekend! Thanks for watching
English is actually the easiest languages to learn because you hear it everywhere: in songs, movies, tv etc. I don't think most foreigners can explain English grammar to anyone (there are more exceptions than rules and grammar in general is boring), you just learn by listening and comparing what you've heard for instance to subtitles. Another thing is that it's easy to forget languages if you don't use them for years. They'll come back but with English you don't have that problem. It's the universal language nearly all understand and speak at least a bit and even you wouldn't meet foreigners for a long time - which is pretty difficult even in Finland - you would still hear it on radio and tv. Everything on internet is also in English so at least one can maintain reading comprehension and written skills.
Everything on the internet is in the language you select!!! And I got kicked out of a high school English class because I told the teacher, that other than Latin, English is the hardest language to learn (at least reading and writing). She said I was wrong. I then told her to write, on the blackboard "There are three tu's in the English dictionary, without writing it phonetically." That sentence cannot be written!!! I wrote tu's somewhat phonetically. The teacher said my challenge was ridiculous, and to wait in the hall. Spanish is probably the easiest language to learn, because every letter has the same sound, every time, and every thing has only one word! Two= dos. To= a. Too= tambien...English...laughter= lafter. Daughter= dafter???NOOOO.
Most native speakers can't explain the grammar. And it depends on where you're from when it comes to how difficult it'll be. But yes English is easy to many people. Personally I never felt I had to study English, it just came naturally because here in Sweden it's everywhere and pretty similar to Swedish.
Since Finland is in EU, I wonder why so few foreign movies are from the EU (in contrast to USA). English is in movies and songs only because distributors choose to play them. And because people like them, I guess. Like how many Spanish, Polish or German movies are played in our theaters (before corona)?
finland is hard ik cus i am from finland
Thank you so much for this fun and lovely video, have a nice weekend! Lumilapio!
Thank you! You too. Lumilapio ❤️✌🏼
What is this lumilapio thing?
I just found out about this channel few days ago and I like your videos a lot.
You come across as genuine and that's appreciated, while many content creators on YT seem so superficial.
Keep doing what you're doing. Subscribed.
Thank you for your kind feedback and thanks for subscribing. Welcome to my channel ❤️✌🏼
Love your videos! This just shows the reason why we Finns are always saying only the things that are necessary. No extra shit needed. :D
Hahaha makes sense 😄
Thank you by the way!
I loved this when I recently saw it because kind of like you said, he didn't actually tell me anything I didn't know as an American-English speaker, but I never thought about the word like that until he pointed out, then it's like how did I never realize this? Hahah.
Ismo always has great insights about language, whether it be finnish or english.
I can’t wait to hear some of his stuff in Finnish!
Nonii.
@@WildwoodVagabond oh, then you should watch the "no niin" video of his. It's the shit (it has even English closed captions available)
@@smokyislay ok thanks I’ll check it out
I just made you from 999 likes to 1K likes!
Anyway, thanks for featuring the Ismo video. I had seen it before but I had missed some of the jokes that needed explaining.
Hello from Finland. You are so beautiful to watch, always. As a single dad to my doughter we both like you very much. Thank you😀😀
Yayy - nice one Rach!! It usually takes a foreighner to find out nations oddities - which pass their own shiff like nothing, but for a foreighner as a BIG???
Thanks! Have a fun weekend ❤️✌🏼
Lumilapio. Thank you "Raksu" awesome video. That is so true that languages can be so fun. I can't wait next one 😂
Lumilapio. Have a great weekend Jari ❤️✌🏼
What is this "lumilapio" thing? I have watched pretty many of these videos, but I have somehow missed that.
One video she try to teach her man that when go Finland that "lumilapio have say like greeting.
It is kind of joke
@@jariaaltonen8914 ok, thanks =)
This was so nice reaction! ❤️ 😀 And English has been quite easy for me, I think. But I understand it well and speak well but writing is more difficult to me. But american english is much more easyer to me than for example british english, I don't know why... Maybe because in Finnish television you can see more American TV-program's than British, so when I was learning it more and more, I have seen and heard more American programs and learn that ways more. But when I hear British english, I can hardly make any sense it what so ever, only little things here and there. 😀 And when I'm writing poems or songs I always write it in English, even though it's more difficult to me, but hardly ever in finnish, and when I'm singing, I sing in English songs mostly. I just love all the versatility of English language and how it sounds and everything. But that is the only language with my mother language that I can speak and make any sense. 😀🇫🇮💙🇬🇧🇺🇸
Ismo Is Funniest!🤗 There's Comming ISMO Movie! Proud To Be Finnish! 🙂
Hey Ismo And Ed!
Am I Finished My Finnish Yet 🙃
ISMO IS the shit! This guy is hilarious. Thank YOU for the tip in a earlier video.
By the way, have you seen his Corona Crappaper Revival video? I swear, you can't stop laughing. 🤣🤣🤣
There's extended version of this routine by Ismo. It's worth checking out.
Well well, just got off from sauna and what do we have here? A new video!
Ahh sauna sounds soooo nice right now. Have a great weekend ✌🏼❤️
Kiitos taas kivasta videosta :D Hyvää Pyhäinpäivää!
Ole hyvää! Hyvää viikonloppua ❤️
Everything is difficult until you know it 👍 But I know some sh....t 🙈🤣
I find it lovely that this bit - as well as the one about "ass" - are humorous ONLY because both Ismo AND the audience understand perfectly what those expressions mean. If they didn't, the sketches would lose their comedic value - and become lectures... Hahaha!
If you're not familiar with them already, please check out and react to Poets of the Fall! They are one of the best Finnish bands out there! Plenty of videos on TH-cam, music videos and live performances. For a best start I'd recommend "Carnival of Rust".
Ok! Thank you ☺️
Lumilapio is da sh.. 😄 Don’t need it yet though ! Kiitos Rachel have a really nice viikonloppu🎃
Haha thank you! You too 😁❤️
Moikka! :) Ismo has lots of great bits in youtube, next I would recommend the one on "chivalry".
Kivaa päivää sinne Amerikkaan :)
Try to do this to finnish. There are plenty of weirdness in finnish language as well. I don't know if it's not common, but personally and some friends enjoy looking at wordplays that take something that's taken granted as an expression to a new context that perhaps fits the literal meaning better, or just applies it to a different use of the word. A friend once constructed "inhohimo" from "intohimo". Intohimo meaning passion, himo meaning lust, into being kinda eagerness, then inho for hatred. The end result is not so far from passion, as sometimes a passionate relationship can be one of those love and hate relationship where it actually is "inhohimo".
Thanks for sharing! I saw he had one about the expression No Niin. I can’t wait to see that one
Ismo is one clever guy who has knowledge of words. You know how our language is. Kuusi can mean so many things and it is one of the oldest words in Finnish language
Terveiset Suomesta!Hieno video jälleen!Regards from Finland,great vid again! :DLuv you :)
Kiitos! Terveiset Teksasista. Much love to you!
Psst...delete that second K before somebody notices it...😎 (It´s Leikola)..
Changed it! Thank you
@@WildwoodVagabond You´re so welcome...👍
Thanks
I learned english when I was 9 years old reading an swedish-english dictionary because a video game I played was all in english
I learned that the word "the" doesn´t really mean anything, it just means that the word coming after it is the word that u are referring to :D
Nordic and Baltic countries are very practical, efficent and down to the point...
The way he says "care" and brings his fist to his chest! So glad you did this one! Shit don't mean shit in Finland? You have 3 Shit Rivers in Finland!
Shit is paska in finnish ;)
Hyvää viikonloppua ja haleja !
Hyvää viikonloppua!
I have not gotten reaction videos before.
Turns out it's because i never gave a shit about the reactor before.
I will get my coat, but before I do,
Good tidings.
RAAKKELI there was a story about you in iltasanomat newspaper! or more like story about that 7 culture shocks video:)
I would like to suggest a reaction to Ismo's bit on vegans 🙂
PS. Good channel, its nice to hear your thoughts. You view finnish things from an american angle, and its really interesting to hear.
No shit, he is a brilliant comedian. Shit must be one of the most versatile words in English, no bullshit.
Thank´s for another funny video , Happy Halloween here U have a💜👍😎
Thank you! Have a great weekend. Happy Halloween 🎃 👀🥳
Saw him live. Halarious.
ISMO!
You are so beautiful! Oh and loved your reaction to this :)
Thank youuuu
I love this one. I will never understand why language evolved to this.
S-word hahaha.
Yeah Ismo is the shit. -But i do hope, that someday some other Finnish comedians would also start to do their gigs in English. Because those guys have a lot of potential.. Well im talking about guys like Sami Hedberg, Ilari Johansson and Niko Kivelä for example. Well naybe someday. But anyways a nice video from you Rachel again. Keep on going doing these Finnish friday videos. You rock!!!!
Thanks for watching! I’m gonna check out those guys you mentioned
How about another reaction video to Ismo? 🙂 I would srtongly recommend the video on "Chivalry", it is so witty! The video has bad audio, so headphones recommended. You'd be in for some very insifhtfull and funny stuff 🙂
Thanks for thr videos, been a follower for a year.
Hello!! Thanks for saying hi and for the suggestion. Wow! You’ve been here a whole year?! That’s awesome 😃❤️🥰
Wow. I really learned some shit watching this video.
Well there is a joke here in Finland, when you have to run for to take a shit. So you might say things like when you are in a hurry. Like " I´ll run to bathroom now" And your boss just might say to you. " Ok well that´s nice to hear. But at least my Dodge Caravan still runs with gasoline" So here we go again, huh?
Hey! Our Rachael just got famous in Finland! Nice & neutral enough story - helluva lot of weird whining in the comment section. Tabloid link www.is.fi/matkat/art-2000006705378.html?
I've been lately obsessing about "lumilapio", the Finnish word for "snow shovel". That is, because "lumi" sounds SO similar to "aluminum" - the lightweight metal snow shovels are typically made of.
I thought most certainly then that "lumi" must mean ALUMINUM, since "lapio" in Finnish means "shovel" and every snow shovel I've ever seen was made of aluminum.
However, aluminum didn't become affordable and commercially available as snow shovels until 1886, so surely Finns' word for snow, "lumi", is far older.
So why then does "lumi" sound so much like the root word of the metal, "aluminum" snow shovels are so often made of??
When the metal, aluminum was named after its discovery in 1825, it was likely named for its lightness in COLOR - not its lightness in weight. (This to me is ridiculous, because the most striking feature of aluminum is certainly its light WEIGHT - not its color! :oP )
Thus, the word part, "lumi" (meaning "snow" in Finnish) in both the Finnish word, "LUMIlapio" (snow shovel) and in the word for the metal, aLUMInum is for both snow and aluminum being very light in COLOR - not weight.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_aluminium
Interesting! Lol thanks for sharing
An interesting and entertaining observation you've made there! I do have slight troubles following your logic though. The word "lumi", with many other weather related words, are apparently the oldest words in Finnish language and hence can be traced at least 1000-2000 years back. The word "aluminum" (or "alumiini" in Finnish) comes from the mineral "alumina" whose name derives from the Latin word "alum", meaning "bitter salt". Since Latin and Finnish are not related languages, similarities between the words lumi & aluminum are merely coincidental. Or maybe that was exactly your point: a funny thought game!! :D
@@Samisesano Yes, fun thought game. Like Seppo is a Finnish name while in Australian rhyming slang "a seppo" is an American - (usually a loud and obnoxious one, not all of them). It comes from "septic tank rhymes with Yank".... Close to the subject of the video!
@@Samisesano It's hard to say for certain how words evolved - especially in Finland with its long and complex history and that it had no reliable way of documenting that history until relatively recently.
That was, probably when the Catholic Church started infusing Finnish culture with its own language and ideas around 1100 A.D.
History of Finland
The earliest written sources mentioning Finland start to appear from the 12th century onwards when the Catholic Church started to gain a foothold in Southwest Finland.[2]
Due to the Northern Crusades and Swedish colonisation of some Finnish coastal areas, most of the region became a part of the Kingdom of Sweden and the realm of the Catholic Church from the 13th century onwards.
Chronology of languages in Finland
The question of the timelines for the evolution and the spreading of the current Finnish languages is controversial, and new theories challenging older ones have been introduced continuously.
The Finnish language is thought to have started to differentiate during the Iron Age starting from the earliest centuries of the Common Era.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Finland
@@nathan2813 Thankfully, Finnish language keeps a record in a manner of speaking. You just need to look beyond the nominative in the dictionary. Lumi - lumen (GENetive) - i to e because the word probably used to be lume (which in modern Finnish is used for placebo and other things seeming to be something they're not. (That one goes lume: lumeen). Possibly something about the way snow works: it hides all nasty stuff you don't want to look at and really changes how things look; it makes everything seem lighter in the darkness when the Sun isn't getting up any time soon... Meanwhile a newer word doesn't change like that: kumi (rubber/eraser) - kumin. (No i to e change for new words).
i didnt know shit about comedy until i saw ismo but hey i had to study that shit & now im a piece of shit just for bringing this shit up
Hi! This was the second video I watched from you. I love your laughter. Check out one more video from Ismo, the one from Late Late Show W/ James Corden. No means no.
All the best for you.
I will check it out! Thanks for sharing. Have a great weekend ❤️
In Finnish language the word Sh..t is ... Paska, and it can be used in so many ways as well without going to details (I do not Know if this is going to be Extracted because of the finnish bad word)
Finnish Fridays video on “Saunas”. Also, look up Lauri and Anni Vuohensilta videos. They’re great
Good idea! Thank you
@@WildwoodVagabond I literally know more about Finland stuff than anyone else in my state! I’m obsessed.
😂😂😂😂......hi Rachel...he is soo funny that Guy😂😂😂......Moore of this please.....
Hello!!! I can definitely do more of these. He’s hilarious 😂😂
Great video as usual 👍🤗 I strongly recommend for you to watch Ismo's video on vegans. It's hilarious 🤣😂 I think the point of that video is, that being a vegan is a good thing, but you shouldn't take it too seriously. Just relax and enjoy life. Have a great weekend! 😊
Thank you! Will do!
Spaceballs 😍
Regarding how it would've been if you were a foreigner and had to learn english, it depends highly on what your native language was, for example swedish and english are "related" to eachother, while finnish and english are not, I think if you were to study swedish, you would find it easier than when you studied finnish
That’s true! Have a great weekend
So what is your point!?
@@subrosa7708 Is it not obvious? She was wondering what it would be like to learn english if it was not her native language, my point was that it depends on whet her native language was, if it was one that is closely related to english, learing english would be easier
Fredrik Wikström So she should had moved to Sweden and not to Finland? To be nearer of her language- relatives? Very intelligent... ;-)
@@subrosa7708 you are the very intelligent one (not) I never said that... She was wondering what beeing a foreinger (not american) and needing to learn english would have been like, an entirely hypothetical scenario, I said that it depends on what her native language was, absolutely not a single a word about where she should have moved.... how you even made that connection makes no sense at all
I'm really in love with you.. Well come to Finland. How can pll not love you...
Haha thank youuuu ❤️
If you whant to combind finnish comedy and music. I could rekomend poorka playboys and their version of Bohemian rapsody. Or steve 'n seagull's and of their videos. Just some sugestions from a Swede.
Heippa !
Moi!! ❤️✌🏼
You need to react to "Wintersun" and shit... and what did we learn from this video?
If you do; Loneliness -- Time -- Sons of Winter and Stars
Many more good songs, but these are for the views as well. Just do it in that order.
It's interesting that when I go to toilet and LEAVE my shit there, it's called TAKING a shit.
Haha, yes, I think slang was invented so even dumba$$es could contribute to human society and culture! (The rest of us had to invent great things like cars, computers, vaccines, and spacecraft!) :oD
Ismo studied masters digree in Helsinki UNI master English! Go figure...
Like your lipstick color. sopii sulle hyvin. Its getting dark in Helsinki. T Kime
Thanks! We had cool weather for one week and now it’s warm again. Have a great rest of your weekend
cool video baby
Haha 🤣
Heyyyy! It’s nice to hear from you on here. I hope you’re doing well. ❤️🥰 have a great weekend
Pls react to ISMO burning calories :-). Or maybe laugh factory 2014 finals w Ismo.
Thanks for the suggestion!
@@WildwoodVagabond You are welcome :-)
Also... Have you yet watched a video called "America first, Finland second"?
I watched part of it but not all of it because I felt like I just have to react to that video! It was freaking funny
@@WildwoodVagabond Yesss. Do the reaction... 😂
En syötä sinua ( feed), vaan tunnen surua.
ah that rally english
One of ismos better ones :)
Have you already seen "chivalry is dead"? That is great one too: th-cam.com/video/6soC6BCcN78/w-d-xo.html
🇫🇮😁🇫🇮❤️👍🤘😂
Have a great weekend 🥳❤️🎃👀✌🏼
@@WildwoodVagabond you🤘❤️🇫🇮
Maybe react to Ismo Leikola - Suomen tärkein sana.
Pääsit Iltasanomiin. www.is.fi/matkat/art-2000006705378.html?
Olet yhden suurimman lehden otsikoissa iltasanomat :)
Hi! As promised I'm leaving another comment. Nope, I'm not gonna try to surprise you this time, not with that word. You would just think I'm a piece of shit if I do and Ismo made most of those jokes anyway.
No, I was more thinking that I can show I can be serious, too. I was wondering what's about your Finnish Fridays. Now I get you probably are from Finnish ascend, since you mentioned a word is stronger in english than in finnish.
learning english as a foreigner is actually easy, listen to the people from India xD
I like you.
He make a skit out of shit.
Cheers from Finland! Hope you have a nice week ahead!
React to Nightwish - Phatom Of The Opera :-)
Coming up!
@@WildwoodVagabond Yay! 😃
Leikola - single letter k. :-)
If you come in Finland, I will provide a house for 2 days, Not more or less. And 3 people max
React to BATTLE BEAST!! 🇫🇮🇫🇮🤘🏻😎🤘🏻🇫🇮🇫🇮
You might want to check this out 🙂
www.is.fi/matkat/art-2000006705378.html
Edit: just noticed that article was originally released at 31.5.2020
Did you know that you are in Finlands news? Is.fi
Haha yeah I heard! 😄❤️
Texasilainen Rachael asui Suomessa 4 vuotta: Listaa maamme 7 kulttuurishokkia, joihin ei ollut tottua www.is.fi/matkat/art-2000006705378.html
Haha nice! Thanks for sharing
lol how to learn english play old school runescape (in finland)
That would be interesting!
@@WildwoodVagabond The number of people that learnt English (or some other major language) through games in the past few decades just because games didn't deal with their first language must be pretty significant. I was taught English soon enough anyway but my first language was Scottish Gaelic and I would play games in English before I even started learning English. I felt like I already had my bearings in English just because of the games I played in the language. You simply had to learn a bunch of vocabulary at the very least to make any progress in a lot of games. Pretty good way to get kids a start in a language IMO.
Hey Rachel and Corey. Well just got this wild idea on my mind. Well how about when those borders re-open , well would you guys like to meet the President of Finland in person??? Cause that could be arranged, if those time-tables just match. Well our presidential office is quite open minded for the free publicity made by some youtube stars. Well if you are intrsted, just let me know. Cause i i can try to arrange it to be real
Hi!! Yes that would be such a great opportunity! I would love that
It's a common assumption that learning english is much easier than let's say learning russian or german or spanish. But the truth is, the more you dig into the english language, the more you realize how difficult and complex it really is. Just think about the 'easy' stuff like for example pronouncing vowels. Any vowel can turn into a schwa sound depending on its surrounding consonants. Or the pronunciation of the same vowel changes based on plural or singular (o-sound in Woman / Women (also notice that the a-sound and e-sound is the same in both cases)). Then there are tenses in english that don't even exist in other languages, that's why Germans often sound kinda funny when they speak english, especially about past events. So many letters and even syllables are silent and there are sooo many compounds. And then don't forget about the amount of slang, like 'a$$' and 'sh!t'. English is kinda easy to learn but very difficult to master / become fluent.
Regards from Switzerland 🙂
Thanks for sharing! That’s why I thought it would be difficult- for those reasons you shared. Greetings from Texas!
I swear to god English is not a real language but three ones wearing a trench coat pretending to be one. Also the heavy use of idioms like "its not my cup of tea" can be a real"pain in the neck"
Yaw! :D
It sometimes takes an outsider to point out illogicalities in your world view. Applies to just about everything, not only languages.