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FirebrandRoaring  ·  2284 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Tiny Estonia leads in the government use of technology. Again.

How's your Estonian?





goobster  ·  2283 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Don't actually need it. English is commonly spoken there.

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2283 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If you are to move to Estonia, not speaking the country's language means not giving the respect to its culture that it deserves. You can get by as a tourist, but settling there — what I had in mind — requires more effort than speaking one sole language.

goobster  ·  2283 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yep. And I'd do the same thing I did in Hungary: Learn while living there. WAYYYY easier!

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2282 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I have no doubt you would. When language is just a means of communication, there's no reason to bother with it.

Quatrarius  ·  2284 days ago  ·  link  ·  

more to the point, aikooko tappaa ryssiä

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2283 days ago  ·  link  ·  

<interrogative wonderment> + to kill + Russki. Help me out.

Quatrarius  ·  2283 days ago  ·  link  ·  

i wanted it to mean "does he intend to kill russians?", and unless a finn tells me i'm wrong, i assume that's what it does mean

as soon as putin sniffs out the russian minority in estonia, that's what estonians will have to do

FirebrandRoaring  ·  2283 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    i wanted it to mean "does he intend to kill russians?", and unless a finn tells me i'm wrong, i assume that's what it does mean

That's an interesting position to take with a language you barely know.

    that's what estonians will have to do

Wh— Why?