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As someone who visited Finland and Sweden for a long period of time in my youth (and attended school in Finland), the spoken English was vastly better in Sweden
by soperj 11y ago
As someone who visited Finland and Sweden for a long period of time in my youth (and attended school in Finland), the spoken English was vastly better in Sweden than in Finland (at the gr.7 level).
- jpatokal 11y agoYup, Swedes find English easier because the languages are related, while Finnish is not. But broadly speaking, more or less anybody under 50 (60?) or so in Finland will speak and understand English enough to communicate, and in a university environment staff and students will be effectively bilingual.
- soperj 11y agoSwedish is definitely easier to learn than Finnish, I'll give you that much.
- josephhardin 11y agoReally? I was there for a month working and found that most people spoke flawless english.
- pvaldes 11y agoWhen you see an english tv program in Sweden or Finnish is often in english with subtitles in the country language. South European countries instead normally translate the program to the language of the country. Is as simple as this. Each system have its own advantages and handicaps.
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