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1. I saw it on Wed night in the USA. Pretty funny. I can hardly believe this sort of thing might affect the election, but, hetkinen, I only have to look at the last couple elections in the USA … .

   Comment by Gary Rauvola — Fri, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 4:22 pm

2. Haha, yes, a good one ;)! Although his pronouncing (how that wordmonster is supposed to be spelled?) is kinda…Erm… well it sucks. He should take some finnish lessons ;)!

   But still a good one :-D!

   Comment by cameraperson — Fri, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 8:58 pm

3. Hate to break this down to you, but this has got to be the dumbest thing I ever seen. Not that I would vote Vanhanen anyway.

   Comment by Olli — Fri, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 11:10 pm

4. Oh, one more thing; Phil, do you get to vote?

   Comment by Olli — Fri, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 11:12 pm

5. Oh, one more thing; Phil, do you get to vote?

   Unfortunately not. Only citizens can vote. However, I can vote in the city elections.

   Comment by Phil — Fri, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 11:48 pm

6. Erm… well it sucks.

   How the hell is he still pronouncing Tarja’s name incorrectly!?

   Comment by Phil — Fri, Jan 6th, 2006 @ 11:49 pm

7. Re: his pronunciation of Finnish, he is either getting bad advice or is untrainable. “Tarja” is easier to say correctly than it is to say it his way!

   Comment by Gary — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 5:54 am

8. Another comment about his pronunciation; after seeing it “live” on Wed night in the USA, I likened his spoken Finnish to the sounds made by a rabbit in distress. After watching the tape a few more times, I have not changed my opinion much (maybe more like a rooster pheasant, or a rusty barn door hinge).

   Comment by Gary — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 6:12 am

9. Equally funny, Arto Lahti on Yle!

   http://ra.yle.fi/ramgen/vaalit06/vaalitentit/060106_lahti.rm

   Comment by M — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 10:45 am

10. Hey, c’mon, cut Artsi a break. Ronnie Raygun believed in the stars and he was a two-termer.

    http://www.jesus-is-savior.com/False%20Religions/Wicca%20&%20Witchcraft/ronald_reagan_and_astrology.htm

    Comment by Artsi for Prez — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 2:27 pm

11. How the hell is he still pronouncing Tarja’s name incorrectly!?

    Yeah, that’s actually almost annoying.

    Comment by gopha — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 2:34 pm

12. How the hell is he still pronouncing Tarja’s name incorrectly!?

    He does it on purpose…I guess. In “Bettina S” he pronounced it correctly.
    Maybe he just doesn’t want to pronounce it suddenly correct on the air since he has been calling her “Tardza” all this time?

    Well anyway, I still think he should take some finnish lessons and this was a good one ;)!

    And I don’t give a damn if you disagree

    Comment by cameraperson — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 6:07 pm

13. Equally funny, Arto Lahti on Yle!

    Uh oh, what did he did that was so funny?

    Comment by Phil — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 6:24 pm

14. hat did he did that was so funny?

    Is that a rhetoric question? (this isn’t…

    Comment by M — Sat, Jan 7th, 2006 @ 9:01 pm

15. His funky pronunciation of Finnish was ment to enhance the whole thing. It fits the picture. He is a comedian for crissake!

    Comment by conan — Sun, Jan 8th, 2006 @ 12:44 pm

16. I think whole think is getting pretty boring.

    Comment by Anna-Leena — Sun, Jan 8th, 2006 @ 3:01 pm

17. Dang! How can I correct that stupid message?!?!

    Comment by Anna-Leena — Sun, Jan 8th, 2006 @ 3:02 pm

18. You can’t. It will haunt you for the rest of your life.

    Comment by Pfil — Sun, Jan 8th, 2006 @ 3:25 pm

19. Yeah, I make lotsa typos myself, hard to type with ones feet

    Comment by conan — Sun, Jan 8th, 2006 @ 6:50 pm

20. I haven’t had too many laughs lately and this thing made me laugh my ass off.
    Life isn’t so boring after all up here with Conan O’Brien playing a vital role in Finnish politics

    I wish it to be continued…

    Comment by conan — Sun, Jan 8th, 2006 @ 7:05 pm

21. i think conan should be the president.

    he could be our own arnold schwarzenegger (did i get it right?)

    Comment by otto — Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 @ 7:50 am

22. Naw, I ain’t much of a leader, gonna get my ass impeached month later. Besides, I don’t look anywhere near Mr.O’Brien or “Tardza” so I don’t think I stand a chance anyway

    Comment by conan — Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 @ 10:05 am

23. oh come on people, you know damn well finnish is a very difficult language to learn. it is cool that conan is even trying to talk about finland in the first place, no one else in america even acknowledges its existence!

    Comment by tanja — Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 @ 11:26 am

24. Well, even if finnish is a difficult language, I still would have expected Conan to practice the pronouncing a little more, knowing how hardly he (usually) tries to do things properly…

    Comment by cameraperson — Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 @ 12:20 pm

25. Pshaw, Finnish isn’t difficult if you just keep trying.

    Maybe someone needs to change Tarja to Tarya on his cue cards?

    Comment by Ryan — Mon, Jan 9th, 2006 @ 12:21 pm

26. Toi tulin conanissa vahan aikaa sitten

    Comment by Mooii !!! — Tue, Jan 10th, 2006 @ 7:47 pm

27. Niihä se tuli, harmi ku en nähny sitä ;(

    Comment by niinistö! — Fri, Jan 13th, 2006 @ 4:06 pm

28. I find it funny how you people critisize someone’s pronounciatian of finnish, when the person probably never heard the language before, while most of you supposedly took english lessons for several years and have been hearing it perhaps on daily basis for even longer - and you still can’t seem to grasp some very basic ’stuff’ (like the difference between hard & hardly - gimme a break…).

    Furthermore, I think Mr. O’brien must be (as he’s jokingly stated many times) really puzzled as to why the hell “the whole of Finland” (which of course largely means the two main tabloids) is so fucking pre-occupied with ‘a stupid talk show’.

    As to it being cool that stuff like this happens, I do agree it’s funny etc., but why the hell does everybody have to get some ridiculously carried away about it? “it is cool that conan is even trying to talk about finland in the first place, no one else in america even acknowledges its existence!” What the tarnation is that supposed to mean??? In what way exactly should they ‘acknowledge our existence’? If this is a big deal, what about the president of the USA visiting Finland? Wouldn’t that be great? But I guess something like that could never happen in a million years. Still, one can always dream… Actually, I don’t think I would want him here anyway, we’ve got enough retarded folks over here already. (I don’t mean any of you, I mean the mentally handicapped)

    PS: Conan is funny!

    Comment by Stupid Asshole — Sat, Jan 14th, 2006 @ 3:03 am

29. “oh come on people, you know damn well finnish is a very difficult language to learn”

    Just as difficult as all the other languages in the world.

    Comment by Kekkonen — Tue, Jan 17th, 2006 @ 7:25 pm

30. I’m certainly not finnish and I don’t speak but the Finnish language is known to be very difficult to learn. And of course learning different languages can be difficult but remember it has a lot to do with a persons background. It is truely unfair to say that every language is equally difficult to learn.

    Look at the Slavic languages, Russian, Bulgarian, Ukranian. They have all very similar pronounciations and intonations so of course it’d be easier for someone to learn a language closer to their own. Now take that person and plop him in China and try to teach him Mandarin which is a tone based language. Do you have any idea how truely difficult it would be for the person to learn correct pronounciation and even just writing?

    Most people in America do not even have any remote idea of how Finnish is pronounced and considering the Finnish grammar structure was once said to be like “discovering a complete wine-cellar filled with bottles of an amazing wine of a kind and flavour never tasted before. It quite intoxicated me” by none other than Professor JRR Tolkein himself who was a professional linguist, of course it would be difficult for people to learn.

    Comment by Hitokirishinji — Tue, Jan 31st, 2006 @ 11:33 pm

31. What’s wrong with you finns? Who the hell cares about his pronunciation of Finnish. I’m from Sweden and alot of finn-swedes here can’t pronunce the language like “real swedes”, but like i said before. Who the hell cares! aslong as you understand.

    I think these Finland segments makes up for really good comedy =)

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