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I enjoyed Linda Gerber’s first SASS book, Now and Zen, so I was looking forward to seeing what she would do with a second book, this time set in Finland. Again, Linda takes a typically frothy genre and adds a little heft–all without burdening her story line.

The Finnish Line is an account of “Mo” Clark’s semester abroad, which she spends honing her competitive ski jumping skills. One nice thing about this book is that I’m pretty sure most American teens (and adults!) are unfamiliar with Finnish history and culture. Gerber manages to weave some of both into the book. (Imagine rolling naked in the snow and then heading into a sauna, for example.)

The reason Mo Clark goes to Finland is to get away from the influence of her high-profile skiing family–which doesn’t always work out the way she planned it. She encounters a prickly roommate, Kirsti; an intriguing Romani boy named Leevi; and her own limitations as a ski jumper. The subplots weave together nicely, with questions about prejudice against gypsies being raised in the strand about Leevi. Mo is frustrated to find that her ski jumping doesn’t cut it in this group of athletes, and Leevi offers to help her improve her distance. Though Leevi helps Mo, there comes a point when she goes it alone and really takes her ski jumping to the next level. I’m pleased that Gerber decided to let Mo make this crucial effort on her own, showing us the meaning of the Finnish term sisu.

At one point, the author offers an intriguing riff on her fun but seemingly frivolous title. As Leevi tells Mo, “You’re not getting it. You can never reach the finish line, Clark. Not in your sport and not in your life. You come close, you set the line back. That way, you keep moving forward, keep getting better. When you think you’re done, it’s all over.”

Finally, this book gives us insight into a sport that’s an arena for the ongoing gender-rights struggles of women athletes. Ski jumping IS an Olympic sport for men, but as Gerber’s endnote explains, the International Olympic Committee has balked at making it an Olympic sport for women–apparently on the grounds of good old-fashioned sexism.

The Finnish Line is mostly as light as powder snow, but it has unexpected depths. And Mo, like Gerber’s main character in Now and Zen, is a girl worth accompanying on her semester abroad in Finland.

Update: Hooray! April 2011, and the IOC has finally relented. The women will be ski jumping in 2014!

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Finnish is all memorization and the spelling is horrendous. This program uses electronic flash cards and some exercises to help you memorize and spell. If you get bored with one list, you can switch but it's best to stick with and memorize fully before moving on. If I had any criticism it's that the study lists are not ordered by usefulness. You pick the lists that you want to learn and in what order with no guidance from the program. I do like the pronounciation meter because using a headset you can record your voice and check your accuracy. I also have Swedish and Russian language programs from Byki and they're much the same. It's all up to the student with learning a new language. Programs that promise to teach you "fast" are expensive crap. No program substitutes for daily memorization and lots of hard work. I live in Finland now and the language is very hard with many cases. You must practice at every opportunity or it won't stick because it's too different from English. 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Good beginner program. Finnish is all memorization and the spelling is horrendous. This program uses electronic flash cards and some exercises to help you memorize and spell. If you get bored with one list, you can switch but it’s best to stick with and memorize fully before moving on. If I had any criticism it’s that the study lists are not ordered by usefulness. You pick the lists that you want to learn and in what order with no guidance from the program. I do like the pronounciation meter because using a headset you can record your voice and check your accuracy. I also have Swedish and Russian language programs from Byki and they’re much the same. It’s all up to the student with learning a new language. Programs that promise to teach you “fast” are expensive crap. No program substitutes for daily memorization and lots of hard work. I live in Finland now and the language is very hard with many cases. You must practice at every opportunity or it won’t stick because it’s too different from English. Overall, I’m pleased for the price and would recommend as a good place to learn basic Finnish words and phrases, but you’re going to need a grammer explanation book and a good dictionary as well.

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I am so upset that I spent that much money on this! First of all, kind of hard to figure out how to use, I still don’t even know what the proper way is. Secondly, they are using different words than I have already learned from native speakers (I bought this just as a way of practicing what I already know). The guy who talks speaks a little too fast and it’s not very easy to understand. So I’m not sure if it would really help you if you are wanting to go to Finland. The ‘voice recognition’ section or something is where you can hear a word, then record your voice saying the same word and it will tell you how accurate you were. Except, I tried saying completely different words and it still told me it was excellent pronunciation…so what’s the point!? It just seems really cheap and crappy. I think that these programs are total rip offs and I definitely do not suggest them.

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]]> http://omniglossia.com/mls-easy-immersion-finnish-pro/#comment-2226 Rologe Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:41:03 +0000 http://omniglossia.com/mls-easy-immersion-finnish-pro/#comment-2226 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 3 of 3 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-3-0._V192240710_.gif" width="64" alt="3.0 out of 5 stars" title="3.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Looking for a better program</b>, <nobr>May 12, 2007</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/AJ6827BVZ4LQS/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/175-1486202-0760627?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Rologe</span></a> (Boston, MA) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/AJ6827BVZ4LQS/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/175-1486202-0760627?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a></div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>MLS Easy Immersion Finnish Pro (CD-ROM)</b> </div> I have had a difficult time finding a Finnish language program. I have been looking for one that would be equivalent to taking a textbook course, but I haven't found anything out there. I decided to try this one I came across on Amazon. It is a pretty basic language program. There are several personal settings which you can alter when it gets easier to respond. It also has a unique language setting which I haven't seen in other programs. There are over a dozen languages other than English to Finnish to choose from. <br/> I have been using it for two weeks and while I am "learning", it is rather boring. While it is repetetive (which is good for memorizing) there isn't any variety. There is a interactive story module, but I haven't gotten to the level of being able to use it yet. 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Looking for a better program, May 12, 2007

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I have had a difficult time finding a Finnish language program. I have been looking for one that would be equivalent to taking a textbook course, but I haven’t found anything out there. I decided to try this one I came across on Amazon. It is a pretty basic language program. There are several personal settings which you can alter when it gets easier to respond. It also has a unique language setting which I haven’t seen in other programs. There are over a dozen languages other than English to Finnish to choose from.
I have been using it for two weeks and while I am “learning”, it is rather boring. While it is repetetive (which is good for memorizing) there isn’t any variety. There is a interactive story module, but I haven’t gotten to the level of being able to use it yet. I also don’t know if there are any exercises in sentence structure .
I will settle for this one, but will still be looking to find a better one.

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Roy Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:41:05 +0000 http://omniglossia.com/teach-yourself-finnish-complete-course-package-book-2cds-ty-complete-courses/#comment-2222 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 6 of 6 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-3-0._V192240710_.gif" width="64" alt="3.0 out of 5 stars" title="3.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Good value, but still...</b>, <nobr>June 17, 2008</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2PCZV04TORJ49/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/190-8759565-0026335?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">R. 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It is a good introduction for someone who has no previous knowledge, I guess, because you have to start somewhere. HOWEVER, I found that you can't really just work your way through it without spending a LOT of time on each chapter. There is too much vocabulary at once and it seems like they expect you to just memorize everything the first time they say it. <br/>The CDs were very useful, but there is no way you could use them by themselves. They REALLY help with the pronunciation. The native speakers speak very slowly and clearly, and there is a good variety of voices. <br/>There are not nearly enough exercises in this book, and next to NO grammar! Although, I know that this is mostly due to the fact that Finnish is a very tough language and the grammar is crazy. Most people say that it is better to learn Finnish (at least at first) by just memorizing words and phrases. <br/>Anyways, my point is, This book is alright. The CDs are handy. I suggest it to learn the correct pronunciation. 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Good value, but still…, June 17, 2008

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This was the first book I bought when I decided to independently teach myself Finnish. It is a good introduction for someone who has no previous knowledge, I guess, because you have to start somewhere. HOWEVER, I found that you can’t really just work your way through it without spending a LOT of time on each chapter. There is too much vocabulary at once and it seems like they expect you to just memorize everything the first time they say it.
The CDs were very useful, but there is no way you could use them by themselves. They REALLY help with the pronunciation. The native speakers speak very slowly and clearly, and there is a good variety of voices.
There are not nearly enough exercises in this book, and next to NO grammar! Although, I know that this is mostly due to the fact that Finnish is a very tough language and the grammar is crazy. Most people say that it is better to learn Finnish (at least at first) by just memorizing words and phrases.
Anyways, my point is, This book is alright. The CDs are handy. I suggest it to learn the correct pronunciation. It’s not the GREATEST, but there aren’t too many Finnish books out there to begin with…and it’s really good value for the price.

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]]> http://omniglossia.com/teach-yourself-finnish-complete-course-package-book-2cds-ty-complete-courses/#comment-2221 Donald Steiny Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:06:44 +0000 http://omniglossia.com/teach-yourself-finnish-complete-course-package-book-2cds-ty-complete-courses/#comment-2221 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 15 of 18 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V192240867_.gif" width="64" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Very helpful to me</b>, <nobr>June 12, 2007</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A2I35JB67U20C0/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/190-8759565-0026335?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Donald Steiny</span></a> (Palo Alto, CA) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A2I35JB67U20C0/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/190-8759565-0026335?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a><br/><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help/190-8759565-0026335?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#RN" target="AmazonHelp" onclick="return amz_js_PopWin(this.href,'AmazonHelp','width=340,height=340,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=1,status=1');"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reputation/c7y_badge_rn_1._V192249968_.gif" width="70" align="absmiddle" alt="(REAL NAME)" height="15" border="0"/></a>    </div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span class="crVerifiedStripe"><b class="h3color tiny" style="margin-right: 0.5em;">Amazon Verified Purchase</b><span class="tiny verifyWhatsThis">(<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-help/amazon-verified-purchase/190-8759565-0026335" target="AmazonHelp" onclick="amz_js_PopWin('http://www.amazon.com/gp/community-help/amazon-verified-purchase/190-8759565-0026335', 'AmazonHelp', 'width=400,height=500,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=0,status=1');return false; ">What's this?</a>)</span></span> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>Teach Yourself Finnish Complete Course Package (Book + 2CDs) (TY: Complete Courses) (Audio CD)</b> </div> I am about to spend 6 months in Finland and am trying to learn what I can about the language. I bought lots of books and have a degree in linguistics and some idea about how people learn languages. I really like way this is done, the way it teaches grammar with practical uses. For instance, when you say "hi, how are you," (hey, mita kuuluu) you are using the present tense, second person, but you don't REALLY need to know that. It's hard enough just remembering the new words and pronouncing them right. This book introduces a few variations and then points out the grammar rule that you have already been learning. 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I am about to spend 6 months in Finland and am trying to learn what I can about the language. I bought lots of books and have a degree in linguistics and some idea about how people learn languages. I really like way this is done, the way it teaches grammar with practical uses. For instance, when you say “hi, how are you,” (hey, mita kuuluu) you are using the present tense, second person, but you don’t REALLY need to know that. It’s hard enough just remembering the new words and pronouncing them right. This book introduces a few variations and then points out the grammar rule that you have already been learning. It is always a pain learning a new language, but this is a good book for Finnish.

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]]> http://omniglossia.com/finnish-dictionary-phrasebook-finnish-englishenglish-finnish-hippocrene-dictionary-phrasebooks/#comment-2225 Alisha McAdams Thu, 16 Feb 2012 00:00:09 +0000 http://omniglossia.com/finnish-dictionary-phrasebook-finnish-englishenglish-finnish-hippocrene-dictionary-phrasebooks/#comment-2225 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V192240867_.gif" width="64" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Good information.</b>, <nobr>March 30, 2009</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1BVN8VFGH0D1S/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Alisha McAdams</span></a> (Oregon) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1BVN8VFGH0D1S/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a><br/><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#RN" target="AmazonHelp" onclick="return amz_js_PopWin(this.href,'AmazonHelp','width=340,height=340,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=1,status=1');"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reputation/c7y_badge_rn_1._V192249968_.gif" width="70" align="absmiddle" alt="(REAL NAME)" height="15" border="0"/></a>    </div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>Finnish Dictionary & Phrasebook: Finnish-English/English-Finnish (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks) (Paperback)</b> </div> I love this book. It has an easy to use dictionary full of general, everyday words and useful phrases. It also has a grammar lesson in the begining. <br/>For someone studying on their one in spare time or just starting out, it's awesome. Lots of words you use everyday and phrases as well. <br/><br/>I do agree with the other reviewer, if you are in a college class or advance and need to use words like, it's not the greatest. <div style="padding-top: 10px; clear: both; width: 100%;"> <div style="float:left; padding-right:15px; border-right:1px solid #CCCCCC"><div style="padding-bottom:5px;"><b class="tiny" style="color:#666666;white-space:nowrap;">Help other customers find the most helpful reviews</b> </div><div style="width:300px;"> <a name="RIARU6UDHAMU6.2115.Helpful.Reviews" style="font-size:1px;"> </a><span><span class="votingPrompt">Was this review helpful to you? </span><a rel="nofollow" class="votingButtonReviews" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/RIARU6UDHAMU6/Helpful/1/ref=cm_cr_ifvoteyn/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&token=07C3A377C78BC057C3A6E15D361FFF98AA61B079&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL3Byb2R1Y3QtcmV2aWV3cy8wNzgxODA5NTY4L3JlZj1jbV9jcl9pZnZvdGVyZHIvMTg4LTcxNzk5MTAtNzU1Nzk0NT9fZW5jb2Rpbmc9VVRGOCZzdW1tYXJ5PTAmYWxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZ0YWc9c2tpbGFuZHBhbmEtMjAmdj0yJmxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZhc2luPTA3ODE4MDk1NjgmdHJ1bmNhdGU9NTAwMCZha2lkPUFLSUFKWDRRQU1LNEJGT1ZCVktRJnNpZz1JWnhFS09zUk5MV0s2V0prZUx2T2N4VzNnUFlWenJmd1Q2SlJidGY5cjNJJTNEJmV4cD0yMDEyLTAyLTE2VDIzJTNBMDAlM0EwNVomYXRhZz1za2lsYW5kcGFuYS0yMA&voteAnchorName=RIARU6UDHAMU6.2115.Helpful.Reviews&voteSessionID=188-7179910-7557945"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-yes-sec-md._V192249951_.gif" width="35" alt="Yes" style="vertical-align:middle;" height="18" border="0"/></a> <a rel="nofollow" class="votingButtonReviews" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/RIARU6UDHAMU6/Helpful/-1/ref=cm_cr_ifvoteyn/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&token=A54205AF9EC0566B881D005570810F36F35E0F8C&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL3Byb2R1Y3QtcmV2aWV3cy8wNzgxODA5NTY4L3JlZj1jbV9jcl9pZnZvdGVyZHIvMTg4LTcxNzk5MTAtNzU1Nzk0NT9fZW5jb2Rpbmc9VVRGOCZzdW1tYXJ5PTAmYWxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZ0YWc9c2tpbGFuZHBhbmEtMjAmdj0yJmxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZhc2luPTA3ODE4MDk1NjgmdHJ1bmNhdGU9NTAwMCZha2lkPUFLSUFKWDRRQU1LNEJGT1ZCVktRJnNpZz1JWnhFS09zUk5MV0s2V0prZUx2T2N4VzNnUFlWenJmd1Q2SlJidGY5cjNJJTNEJmV4cD0yMDEyLTAyLTE2VDIzJTNBMDAlM0EwNVomYXRhZz1za2lsYW5kcGFuYS0yMA&voteAnchorName=RIARU6UDHAMU6.2115.Helpful.Reviews&voteSessionID=188-7179910-7557945"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reviews/btn-no-sec-md._V192249949_.gif" width="35" alt="No" style="vertical-align:middle;" height="18" border="0"/></a> <span class="votingMessage"/></span> </div></div><div style="float:left;"><div style="padding-left:15px;"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"><span class="tiny"> <a name="RIARU6UDHAMU6.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews" style="font-size:1px;"> </a><span class="reportingButton"><nobr><a rel="nofollow" class="reportingButton" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/voting/cast/Reviews/2115/RIARU6UDHAMU6/Inappropriate/1/ref=cm_cr_ifvoteyn/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&token=3DA19A54F7491BFEAB8538B85E2C9F51DEB09D47&target=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5hbWF6b24uY29tL3Byb2R1Y3QtcmV2aWV3cy8wNzgxODA5NTY4L3JlZj1jbV9jcl9pZnZvdGVyZHIvMTg4LTcxNzk5MTAtNzU1Nzk0NT9fZW5jb2Rpbmc9VVRGOCZzdW1tYXJ5PTAmYWxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZ0YWc9c2tpbGFuZHBhbmEtMjAmdj0yJmxpbmtDb2RlPXhtMiZhc2luPTA3ODE4MDk1NjgmdHJ1bmNhdGU9NTAwMCZha2lkPUFLSUFKWDRRQU1LNEJGT1ZCVktRJnNpZz1JWnhFS09zUk5MV0s2V0prZUx2T2N4VzNnUFlWenJmd1Q2SlJidGY5cjNJJTNEJmV4cD0yMDEyLTAyLTE2VDIzJTNBMDAlM0EwNVomYXRhZz1za2lsYW5kcGFuYS0yMA&voteAnchorName=RIARU6UDHAMU6.2115.Inappropriate.Reviews&voteSessionID=188-7179910-7557945"></a></nobr></span> </span> <span style="color:#CCCCCC;">|</span> <span class="tiny"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RIARU6UDHAMU6/ref=cm_cr_if_perm/?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0781809568&nodeID=&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"></a></span></div><div style="white-space:nowrap;padding-left:-5px;padding-top:5px;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RIARU6UDHAMU6/ref=cm_cr_if_cmt/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0781809568&nodeID=&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2#wasThisHelpful" target="_top"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/discussion_boards/comment-sm._V192250344_.gif" width="16" alt="Comment" hspace="3" align="absmiddle" height="16" border="0"/></a> <a href="http://www.amazon.com/review/RIARU6UDHAMU6/ref=cm_cr_if_cmt/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&ASIN=0781809568&nodeID=&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2#wasThisHelpful" target="_top">Comment</a></div></div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <br/></div>

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I love this book. It has an easy to use dictionary full of general, everyday words and useful phrases. It also has a grammar lesson in the begining.
For someone studying on their one in spare time or just starting out, it’s awesome. Lots of words you use everyday and phrases as well.

I do agree with the other reviewer, if you are in a college class or advance and need to use words like, it’s not the greatest.

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Burns "Kevin Burns" Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:30:38 +0000 http://omniglossia.com/finnish-dictionary-phrasebook-finnish-englishenglish-finnish-hippocrene-dictionary-phrasebooks/#comment-2224 <div style="margin-left:0.5em;"> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: </div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <span style="margin-left: -5px;"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/common/customer-reviews/stars-5-0._V192240867_.gif" width="64" alt="5.0 out of 5 stars" title="5.0 out of 5 stars" height="12" border="0"/></span> <b>Great Phrasebook</b>, <nobr>June 3, 2009</nobr></div> <div style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <div><div style="float:left;">By </div><div style="float:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/pdp/profile/A1JRI0ADGFZKN2/ref=cm_cr_if_pdp/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2" target="_top"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kevin M. Burns "Kevin Burns"</span></a> (Austin, TX) - <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/cdp/member-reviews/A1JRI0ADGFZKN2/ref=cm_cr_if_auth_rev/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&tag=skilandpana-20&linkCode=xm2&sort_by=MostRecentReview" target="_top"></a><br/><a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=cm_rn_bdg_help/188-7179910-7557945?ie=UTF8&nodeId=14279681&pop-up=1#RN" target="AmazonHelp" onclick="return amz_js_PopWin(this.href,'AmazonHelp','width=340,height=340,resizable=1,scrollbars=1,toolbar=1,status=1');"><img src="http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/x-locale/communities/reputation/c7y_badge_rn_1._V192249968_.gif" width="70" align="absmiddle" alt="(REAL NAME)" height="15" border="0"/></a>    </div></div><div style="clear:both;"/> </div> <div class="tiny" style="margin-bottom:0.5em;"> <b><span class="h3color tiny">This review is from: </span>Finnish Dictionary & Phrasebook: Finnish-English/English-Finnish (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks) (Paperback)</b> </div> This is a great book. I took it with me to Finland and also did some studying before traveling to Helsinki and Oulu and Kemijarvii. <br/><br/>If you can get your hands on this book it is well-written and has many useful phrases. 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Great Phrasebook, June 3, 2009

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Kevin M. Burns “Kevin Burns” (Austin, TX) –

  

This review is from: Finnish Dictionary & Phrasebook: Finnish-English/English-Finnish (Hippocrene Dictionary & Phrasebooks) (Paperback)

This is a great book. I took it with me to Finland and also did some studying before traveling to Helsinki and Oulu and Kemijarvii.

If you can get your hands on this book it is well-written and has many useful phrases. The people I met were able to understand what I was saying…which goes a long way.

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