I like the moment in 8:17 where the older gentleman William Mackie(”Mäki”) who speaks very good finnish and having a thick South Osthrobotnia accent/dialect in his speech!
When finns went to america, they went there to work their butts of and didin't claim that everyone should embrace Ukko and Väinämöinen, not even Odin and Thor and that americans should start living finnish way. They started to live the american way. That's the difference
My grandparents did integrate but we had the sauna and people from all over the neighborhood would come to enjoy my grandfather's sauna and the fellowship, the happy fun chit chat on Saturdays. I have fond memories of those days.
@@finnicpatriot6399 Germanoids😁 yeah, those Teuds came from Caucasus and literally hijacked Europe along with Slavs.😂 Finno-Ugric people are the true natives of Scandinavia and North Russia....these Teuds, Slavs, Balts, Celts never belonged to Europe 😜
Love this! Thank you for sharing. I see a pic of my Grandma, JIngo Viitala Vachon, when Mr. Randell is flipping through the book. Both of her parents immigrated from Alavus to Calumet Michigan in late 1800's. Homestead in Misery Bay, the house is still standing and still owned by family.
you can't compare Kalevala or the Norwegian Saga to religions, if you want to look at the religion then check out how many Lutheran churches there are, as well as newspapers, cultural groups in sports, theatre, music, Finn schools, etc that are in the Finnish language to keep the heritage, culture, and language alive... it is a question of ones own identity that most people want to keep... I don't think immigrants today are asking us to embrace theirs but to let them keep their culture, heritage and language and not to assimilate and lose their own identity
I got sucked into a RU-vid wormhole and this is maybe the fifth Finnish-American video I've watched in a row, and it's funny how all the people who can still speak a bit of Finnish sound Estonian.
I have just recently got interested in Finnish expats. I'm a what they call "paljasjalkainen" Finn living in Finland. Never been to North America in my life but I know that generations ago some of my relatives did immigrate there. It is funny how now things are starting to look more and more like those old times that even I am seriously thinking about leaving this beautiful land.
But still adapting to environment is still what you should do, or not whine about having hard time if you decide not to.. Environment will not adapt to you as long as you are the minority, and that is just justice.
What a stupid idea is that teaching your kids Finnish would result them to speaking English with an accent while living in a society that’s 100% English.
That's actually not a stupid idea at all. Almost all bilingual people have a trace of the other language. For example, when you listen to Fenno-Swedes speak Finnish, you'll notice that the pronounce their Ls differently and the same applies to ö before r. Most people retain traces of their heritage language. For example, if you listen to Finnish gypsies, you'll notice that they have a distinct accent. You have to look at the societal context: #1 discrimination is often based on perceived differences. #2 These differences lead to an us-vs-them mentality. Finns, Italian Americans and many others didn't want to be seen as "others" because they were different. So, they intended to minimize those differences by not speaking their mother tongue to the next generation. The first generation immigrant's English was heavily influenced by Finnish. The third generation immigrant's accent is almost indiscernible from other native speakers' accents. This elimination of a foreign sounding accent reduced others' perception of foreignness and thus led to better opportunities in America.
Damn how I hate these "politically correct" commentaries: if you were not already an able workman leaving Scandinavia, you were dead. That is, you KNEW the tools and pretty much conditions, only challenge was the language. Something else than coming from Africa, Asia or South America - and why the hell wouldn't it be?