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To: sneakypete
Ahhh, you are using the slang form of the term "finn". I would expect that is not an ecceptable use of that word anymore. IN the old days when it was acceptable to use racial and cultural slurs, the word "finn" meant a completely different thing. THe swedes and other scandinavian people were prejudiced against all the non-scandinavian people of the north, that is, people that didn't speak a germanic language. THEy called all these people collectively "finns" and it included the laplanders and saami and probably others that live(or lived) in russia such as the samoyeds. Modern day finns are not related to these primitive tribal people at all, and are also not related to scandinavians in any way either.
69 posted on 10/12/2002 6:01:06 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
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To: mamelukesabre
Ahhh, you are using the slang form of the term "finn".

No,I was calling a Finn a Finn.

83 posted on 10/12/2002 10:32:40 PM PDT by sneakypete
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