Weird Old World.1

[akirlu]

Going through our search files, I realized what should have been obvious to me all along: Harkonen is an actual real-world Finnish surname. It should be spelled Härkönen, but of course it's bloody Finnish.

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[liveavatar.livejournal.com]

Now I'm trying to imagine a blood feud between Finland and Saudi Arabia. Just doesn't work, especially when you think about all those nice Finns being forced to become Sardaukar.

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Still, if any of the Nordic countries was to have a blood feud with anyone, it would have to be the Finns. They are the knife-toting hooligans of the North.

[kalimac.livejournal.com]

Who exactly was it who was rampaging around Europe in the 10th century, again?

[daveon.livejournal.com]

We have many sayings about Finns in my company, mostly said by Brits.

I can't find it now but there was an article a couple of years ago which, to paraphrase says...

"My grandmother told me many things before she died. She said that Germans were humourless, that South Koreans were arrogant... insert a load of stereotypes... and that Finns were rude, nasty and unplesant.

In my life I have found these to all be mostly made up.

She was right about the Finns though."

I wish I could find it now.