Dear Jon, > Somewhere in the vague distances of my mind I remember singing in Finnish. > There is a recollection that the name of the country, or the people, was > Suuomi (spelling?). Is my memory totally failed, or is there a word that is > similar that describes the country.
Well yes, in Finnish Finland is "Suomi" and Finnish language is "suomi". So the country names start with capital letters and language names not. And at the end of this Finnish lesson there are some names of countries and instruments... ;-) Alankomaat Netherlands Englanti England Ruotsi Sweden Tanska Denmark Norja Norway Saksa Germany Itävalta Austria Italia Italy Espanja Spain Kanada Canada Venäjä Russia Yhdysvallat United States Japani Japan Viro Estonia luuttu lute teorbi theorbo kitara guitar viulu violin nokkahuilu recorder sello cello kantele kantele Arto ;)
