(I mean, at least in the Metropolitan area) Earlier I waited in line at a shop in Helsinki and behind me was a large group of schoolkids, all various people of colour and all speaking American English with each other. It’s a fairly common occurrence in Eastern Helsinki and makes you feel like you’re in the US or Canada
It’s interesting how quick things have developed just since I was a kid
I think it’s cool but it seems to cause Finnish boomers enormous existential anxiety of the Great Replacement variety
it’s a beautiful language and I wish I was better at it, best of luck![emoji 07 07](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/4d01158b-c48e-41d4-a94f-5f66eb7f051f.png)