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Post by bluejay77 on Nov 18, 2012 12:43:59 GMT -5
Mu full name is A. J. Y. -- that would translate, "Andrew John Rapids"...... I'm a PhD candidate in the Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland, my doctoral disseration concens computer science, namely mainly Artificial Intelligence. I'm the eldest son of an electrical engineer and a university lecturer; my both grandfathers were businessmen. I'm a member of a number of hi-Q societies, such as the Mensa, the Intertel, and the ISPE. I play the piano and the electric organ, and perform to audiences. I started posting in the Internet CIA group news:alt.politics.org.CIA I think in 1994; and this international politics interest still continues strong. This environment is significantly more intellectually stimulating and militarily secure.
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Post by Swampy on Nov 18, 2012 13:15:23 GMT -5
Welcome, Antti. I'm glad you can join us. I understand Finnish is one of the most difficult languages on Earth, so perhaps you can teach us some.  |
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Post by Sir John on Nov 18, 2012 13:55:15 GMT -5
Welcome Antti.
I must confess i am quite ignorant of Finland. I first heard of it in 1952 when the Olympic Games were held in Helsinki, and then in 1956 when the Olympic equestrian events were held again in Helsinki because Australia would not let horses through our quarantine.
The other thing I know is that Finland gave the Russians a hiding before WW2 which was very impressive.
Finland is about 1000 miles too far north for this sun loving Australian. Anything below 20C is too cold for me. Snow is pretty but not for me.
John
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Post by Deleted on Nov 18, 2012 16:36:41 GMT -5
Welcome, but if you're interested in an intelligent, stimulating forum, this ain't the one for you! ;D
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Post by bluejay77 on Nov 19, 2012 5:35:46 GMT -5
Welcome, Antti. I'm glad you can join us. I understand Finnish is one of the most difficult languages on Earth, so perhaps you can teach us some. OK here we go! Finnish belongs to the Fenno-Ugrian language group, together with Estonian, Hungarian, and a group of rare languages in the Russian Siberia. A wider language group for Finnish is the Altaic languages, which include Turkish -- and distantly, even Japanese. The complexity of the language is typical of nondeveloped languages; highly sophisticated languages such as English and French characteristically possess a much simpler grammatical structure. English is to my opinion good for expressing conceptual and abstract points, Finnish is rather suitable for poetry and prose. Nouns have 15 or 16 cases (depending on the grammar book). Verbs have six infinitive forms, and the imperative form (command), the conditional (the same as the English conditional) and the rare potential form, which English expresses with the expressions "may be", "maybe", "perhaps". English is an idiomatic language; Finnish tends to add postfixes and prefixes to words, it's an inflected language; and it tends to have a much freer word order in sentences. There's some intro as to the subject for the audience..... |
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Post by bluejay77 on Dec 15, 2012 14:31:42 GMT -5
One of us just said here that he needs a lifestyle individual to talk with.
Well I recently got myself a "lifestyle individual" to spend my time with -- even though we are not yet married.... I'm a radio amateur; and I serendipitously met a sweet, intelligent and nice YL, as the radio amateurs say, YL denotes, Young Lady.
Happiness is an (emotionally) warm person. -- The Beatles, slightly modified.
(From, "Happiness is a warm gun......")
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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2012 18:02:43 GMT -5
Welcome Andy.
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