On 11/12/13, 10:42 AM, John W. Kennedy wrote:
> On Friday, November 8, 2013 1:09:10 AM UTC-5, Joe Chicago wrote:
>> I just found a YouTube thing called Star Wreck, an Eastern
European spoof on both ST:TNG and Bab 5. Fairly amusing. They even made a
point of having Garabaldi put his hands in his pockets!
>
> Although Finland is in Europe and is eastern, it is not generally
regarded as "Eastern Europe", as it was never part of the
Byzantine Empire, is not Eastern Orthodox, has never been Turkic or
Islamic, is not Slavic, and was never a component or satellite of the
Soviet Union.
>

Not only that, it's not usually considered Scandinavia--huge debate on 
that one, but I'm on the "it's not Scandinavian" side.

Poor Finland.  I think the only reason it exists is to have a language 
in which to dump all the consonants no one else uses.

Blair
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