Finns communicate telepathically?

Finns communicate telepathically? from Finland

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  1. Finns speak only if there’s something to say. No reason to speak if it’s just idle bs.

  2. The interviewer said everything relevant about the situation. They’re coming to a corner that was made famous by the two. What’s there to add other than “myeh”?

  3. Finns, a basic everyday written conversation

    Finn 1: Mo
    Finn 2: Moro
    Finn 1: joo
    Finn 2: juu
    Finn 1: no nii
    Finn 2: niin
    Finn 1: nii
    Finn 2: mmm
    Finn 1: mm
    Finn 2: nm

  4. I’m rather talkative person and think of myself to be a good at small talk, but even I’d had fallen silent here.

    This doesn’t even look like a blameless situation, but a classic “english-native assumes common language means common mentality”. Research shows that they’re the worst pick to converse with people who speak English as second language, as they have no understanding on how to build common ground. So you get these situations where the interviewer (?) has a clear idea what they want the interviewees to talk about *but thinks it’s so clear that they don’t put it into words*. A non-native speaker (or a native that has gone through awareness training) would have expanded on the question.

    As it was, there was no hook, no “tell us a bit about what makes this turn important”, just an expectation that just because everyone knows English, they have the same cultural background.

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