Quotation Explorer - 'Finnish'

Mÿnna tachton gernast spuho somen gelen Emÿna daÿda"[modern: Minä tahdon kernaasti puhua suomen kieltä, [mutta] en minä taida]("I willingly want to speak Finnish, [but] I am not able")(found in a German travel journal c.1450) - Christine Wulff
If you like fantasy and you want to be the next Tolkien, don’t read big Tolkienesque fantasies Tolkien didn’t read big Tolkienesque fantasies, he read books on Finnish philology. Go and read outside of your comfort zone, go and learn stuff. - Neil Gaiman
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