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Originally Posted by Exeter
I know. You need Koskenkorva before you open your mouth. I kind of feel sorry for you.
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A myth in my opinion. I wouldn't say Finns or Estonians are any more introverted on average than Swedes, for example. Sure, compared to the more flamboyant southern characteristics, we are shy and reserved, but I like it that way. I feel very uncomfortable when people I don't know come up to my face, talk loud and gesticulate wildly, making physical contact.
The east-baltid comment was also surprising, because the stoic, silent type is more associated with Western Finns, who are less east-baltid and have been more influenced by Swedish sources, while Eastern Finns, like Karelians and Savonians, are more talkative and extraverted.
I think we are steering rather off-topic, to be honest.