You should totally do a comic where Finland and Sister Finland fight over if it should be called vihta or vasta. That's a regional dialect thing over here - in the east they tend to say vasta, whereas the origins of vihta is from the western coast, but it's become a more commonly-used word somehow. Maybe Sister Finland could be from Savo (Eastern Finland) and wear one of their costumes, too? Like this one from Kuopio, maybe? http://www.kansallispuvut.fi/puvut/img/kuopio_np.jpg Or, from Kangasniemi, with a dark blue skirt with small folds, and large white apron, a buckled vest of dark blue fabric with groups of small stripes in shades of red, and a white linen cap, accessoried with a white shawl that's attached with a silver brooch, and black shoes with white or dark socks, depending on the season of the year (white, of course, is for summertime). This would be great!
26
You should totally do a comic where Finland and Sister Finland fight over if it should be called vihta or vasta. That's a regional dialect thing over here - in the east they tend to say vasta, whereas the origins of vihta is from the western coast, but it's become a more commonly-used word somehow. Maybe Sister Finland could be from Savo (Eastern Finland) and wear one of their costumes, too? Like this one from Kuopio, maybe? http://www.kansallispuvut.fi/puvut/img/kuopio_np.jpg Or, from Kangasniemi, with a dark blue skirt with small folds, and large white apron, a buckled vest of dark blue fabric with groups of small stripes in shades of red, and a white linen cap, accessoried with a white shawl that's attached with a silver brooch, and black shoes with white or dark socks, depending on the season of the year (white, of course, is for summertime). This would be great!