Finland is in Scandinavia. Discuss.

[Swedishguy]

Is it true about the "Land of the Skankies" and the stale peanut smell? If so, then are the French Scandanavian? I've encountered a skank from Oklahoma. It's all starting to make sense...

Stale peanut smell? WTH?

 

[Tycho Brahe]

Brightly coloured textiles?

Ye mean Marimekko?

yep.

ten caracters

 

[Ecofarm]

Why do scandinavians smell like stale peanuts?

Evidence? That's a pretty big accusation to be throwing around without proof.

 

[Verbose]

Is it true about the "Land of the Skankies" and the stale peanut smell? If so, then are the French Scandanavian? I've encountered a skank from Oklahoma. It's all starting to make sense...

No peanut butter in Scandinavia for starters.
Actually, we don't even know how the damn thing is supposed to be eaten when we encounter it. I sure still don't.

Though historically the Swedes have been labeled "the French of Scandinavia".

 

[GVBN]

No. Finland is part of Russia

 

[bhsup]

Actually, we don't even know how the damn thing is supposed to be eaten when we encounter it. I sure still don't.

Many, many wonderful ways to eat peanut butter, assuming you are not allergic to peanuts! Oh, and the only real peanut butter is crunchy. Creamy peanut butter is for nancy boys.

You can:

• Spread it on one slice of bread and match it with another piece of bread on which jelly (AMERICAN usage of word jelly). The classic PBJ.
• Fill in the groove of celery with peanut butter. Yummy and healthy!
• With a spoon
• Mixed in a couple of heaping spoonfuls into steaming hot Cream Of Wheat.
• On top of pancakes. Adding syrup on top of the peanut butter is optional. Great either way.
• In cookies!
• Reeses!
• Another fun thing to do is give a small amount to your pet cat.

 

[Tekee]

I never knew Scando smelled like Stale peanuts who thinks that??? :O :S

 

[Swedishguy]

I never knew Scando smelled like Stale peanuts who thinks that??? :O :S

Probably someone who hasn't met a scand before.

 

[Rossiya]

This discussion seems to either go round in circles or just linger, or have just spam.

 

[Ecofarm]

This discussion seems to either go round in circles or just linger, or have just spam.

You're helping (I think we've beaten this horse enough, btw).

I did not notice a smell of peanuts (stale or otherwise) when I lived in Sweden.

I thought the French had only managed to conquer Canada. I did not know they also pwned Sweden.

 

[Ingvina Freyr]

As I understand it, it is only in Scandinavia that the term is undefined. What other countries refer to as Scandinavia is in Scandinavia refered to as the North. It would be much more practical if we too said Scandinavia instead of the blurry "north".

To limit the definition to Norway/Sweden (the Scandinavian peninsula) would be wrong for reasons already explained.

I can find no reason in using the term only for Swe/Nor/Den, nor to exclude Iceland while including Finland.

If the term would be used as an ethnic definition, you would have to exclude the Inuits, the Sames and the Finns but include parts of Germany, Finland and Estonia. (Not to mention southern Spain, where many Swedish retired old folks have set up a colony )

 

[Swedishguy]

As I understand it, it is only in Scandinavia that the term is undefined. What other countries refer to as Scandinavia is in Scandinavia refered to as the North. It would be much more practical if we too said Scandinavia instead of the blurry "north".

To limit the definition to Norway/Sweden (the Scandinavian peninsula) would be wrong for reasons already explained.

I can find no reason in using the term only for Swe/Nor/Den, nor to exclude Iceland while including Finland.

If the term would be used as an ethnic definition, you would have to exclude the Inuits, the Sames and the Finns but include parts of Germany, Finland and Estonia. (Not to mention southern Spain, where many Swedish retired old folks have set up a colony )

You'd have to include large parts of America.

 

[Harald500]

When serving in the UN-forces in FYROM, under UNPROFOR and UNPREDEP command, I was part of SCANCOY (Scandinavian company). This Company where part of the Nordic Batalion. This batalion was formed by 3 Finnish Companies, and 1 Scandinavian company. The Scandinavian Company had 3 platoons: 1 Swedish, 1 Norwegian and 1 Danish!!!!

So can we please stop this now!?
Finland is not Scandinavian, for goods sake.....

 

[sysyphus]

Let's all compromise and say that Finalnd is asccociated with Scandinavia.

 

[Loppan Torkel]

It's no question... In the strict sense of the words:
Scandinavia = Norway, Sweden, Denmark
The North, Nordic countries = Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Finland

 

[CartesianFart]

Which one got the ugly women?Finland?Sweden?Norway?ect.ect.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

Certainly not Finland.

 

[Theige]

the finnish language isn't indo-european. that alone makes finland not being part of scandinavia

Thats like saying the Basque region of Spain and France is not part of those respective countries.

The situation is much different with Finland, but thats the argument you're making here

 

[spammikone]

Didn't bother to read the whole thread because the answer is very clear.

1. Scandinavia is a strict geographic location. If you are thinking otherwise you are misinformed.

2. Finland isn't part of Scandinavia. ie not being in the peninsula area.

3. Finland is part of Nordic countries. Nordic consist culturally linked countries.

4. Any accusations or assumptions based on Finland being Scandinavic country is persons own misjudged opinion.

 

[aaglo]

I thought that Scandinavia is a part of Finland