Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/01/21
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Finnish and Japanese are linguistically similar, as they actually share the same root. They have similar grammatical structure, double vowels (like my surname and TomA's wife's name), and double consonants, and every consonant is followed by a vowel. It's actually a cinch for Japanese to pronounce Finnish words, and vice-versa. My surname (Iisaka) is sometimes mistaken for Finnish by non-Finnish. > Close. Nokia is actually Finnish. > > >Jem Kime wrote: > > > >> in Germany'. 'Why, or how, on earth did a German company come up with a > >> name that sounds Japanese?' (HAKOSYN) > > > >Gee, Nokia uses a Japanese-sounding name to push its phones... > > > >Dante > > > > > > > > Dave Richards > Littleton, Colorado, USA > dprichards@qwest.net >