Yes, people in the Nordic countries study British English but 75% of media consumed are American. We seldom hear British English outside school.

Hey Brian! Nice to see you found Finland again. Hope you are doing good. All the best to you for 2023.🥳 Greets from Finland

If you ask a Finnish person how he's doing, he will tell you. It's not what you wanted, but you did in fact ask. If you don't specifically want to know how he's doing but rather offer a greeting, say 'hello'. That said, interestingly we do have the expression 'how are you doing' (mitä kuuluu) in Finnish too, and the answer protocol states 'I'm well thank you' (kiitos hyvää) as the proper response.

Thanks mate! Great reaction! More ISMO pls! Happy New Year from Finland!!

Hi Brian! Your reactions to Finland are always so intertaining. I'm glad you're back. I hope you do more😊 Also, I really liked those finnish music reactions that you did. In Finland, we are still taught both British and American English. At some point you can choose which one you want to use.

I discovered him last year and I was really impressed by his guy-next-door attitude and his madness at the same time !!Thank you for the video!

I think we get taught both American and British english pretty equally here in Finland. At least when I was in school some ten years ago we studied both words (like lift/elevator) for word quizzes.

I'm from Sweden so I don't know specifically in Finland but Sweden is similar in that we're closer to Britain however while British English is taught in School, American culture and language is much more prevalent when it comes to Music, TV shows, Movies etc. In the 70s and earlier, everything was British and since the 80s it's more american. I'd imagine that trend is similar in Finland as well. He's not wrong though about Ass. I think it's a particularly American thing though. My Australian friend or my British friends rarely use the word ass in that same way.

I found him just a few weeks ago. I guess because I'm learning Finnish. And He is so good . I like how he brings the humour

Great video glad you found this great finn stand up comic too .

Nice find, Brian! Thats some smart-ass Finn.

😂I'm so glad I found Ismo! He's soooo funny!

Loved the headphones effect ! Keep doing ya thing :)

I'm from Romania and I've watched Ismo online for several months. He is very good (and a bad ass source of these kind of reactions - pun intended). And yeah, northen European share some cultural stuff, but if he would come to Romania and learn romanian, he will be very intrigued too ha ha

"Finns differ from other populations in Europe in terms of their genetic ancestry, indicates a recent study. Europeans can be divided into two groups based on an analysis of protein-coding genetic variations - into Finns and non-Finns, reports Nature. The University of Eastern Finland summarises the findings of the research project on its website by estimating that in comparison to other Europeans, Finns are so distinctive in terms of their genotype that they should be classified as a population group of their own."

Hello, I live in Finland, and when I was taught English at school, we do both British and American English, but most close to what I've been studying so far (still at school) is basic English. But I do speak/spell close to American English. Great reaction! Hope you'll find more content about Finland, even though more English sources (videos) are only sometimes available. I recommend watching some Finnish TV-series etc. Love from Finland!

Bad ass Ismo from Suomi Finland !!!

_"The English that is taught in Finland is British English"_ - Yet, outside of our school we get constantly bombarded with images and audio of people speaking American English. And we learn American English in schools too as well as the differences between them. 😆 English was my favorite subject in school! Well.. all foreign languages were, but English was the first.

Most of the movies and tv-shows here are not dubbed so we learn American English from those and Brittish English is taught from 3rd grade up. I find my self using American English more then Brittish English. I think it is because we hear it almost 24/7 rather then Brittish English. Have a happier 2023 every1 :)

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Hi i have been watching ur videos For years no, so i just gotta Ask, is there gonna be a next finnish music reaction? I really miss u doing them haha. Ur Awsome keep it going!

1:37 that is a great point because we actually get taught british english.

WTF...Just yesterday spoke about you and of your reactions about Finish music and here you are now,years later...thänx

Since the start: Finland is not that cold place it's just a myth, there's way much colder places on north america. Reindeers live at the northern finland, not where Ismo is from - and that is not a reindeer 0:03 :D Get your shit strait dude 😛😛

Hah haa, Ismo is pretty funny. I've happily followed him for awhile now. I'm from Finland and it took me roughly 10 years to get used all things American.

1:42 No. We are taught both American and British English. It depends on the teacher really. The English we aren't taught is Aussie

There is also newer version of this that continues the jokes further, would've been nice seeing the reaction to thats ending aswell.

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As a Finnish person I learned English language in school (from 3rd grade) But during all these years I've learned more American-English because so many videos in KZfaq for example are American-English. These days it's sometimes hard to understand spoken Bri'ish language 😅

i'm a kimi raikonnen fan so all finish things interest me...

When I lived in Finland we had a choice taking tests between American and British English. You had to state your choice. TV was largely American and not dubbed. Last I was in London in an elevator with a bunch of young tech workers, they sounded remarkably Californian (not surfer or Valley, but std.).

Off topic: only people in northern Finland (sami people) eat reindeer meat. There is a big difference between northern and southern culture in Finland.

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Ass is NOT common in the English language. The American version of it though....yes.

More reactions to Ismo!

My dad’s family was from Finland and growing up with a heavy Finnish Cultural influence was really great. That said, Finnish folks are definitely unique. And you will never meet a group of people that have more grit and determination than a Finn.

As an American living in Finland i found out something. When i say what's up, people always say good lol. Sort of translation of what's up is how ya doing in Finnish

I would answer not much to whats up? 😅 Ismo has other good ones like the one about numbers and letters. And one about the finnish word noni. Not sure if it's in english but you can watch it with subs.

Ye he's a funny guy, im glad u guys found hes videos aswell... And yeah, Ismo isn't just Finland's funniest comedian but the worlds funniest man in one year. Or he was selected to be the most funniest guy in the world, which is just odd, or what kind of competition can decide that or other wise it would had to conclude all the peeps in the world to that competition. :D But anyway, good reaction's and good vid! :)

This man studied English Language in Finlands top Uni in HELSINKI. jou, eniwone...

1:43 Finn here. Well, not really. Back in the day when I was about a size of a fire extinguisher, I watched a lot of TV and played a lot of video games. TV series, especially american ones are barely ever dubbed here. We have subs instead. And with video games, games that had a finnish interface were very, very rare, and english was without exception the default language. And nowadays, we have one tap access to social media and foreign news outlets. While our languages may have received more coverage on video games, we also received more accessibility to the outside world. Thank God that it made me bilingual. It has opened so many new doors for me. Edit: And to add, the popularity of british TV series is really a small fraction when compared to their american counterparts.

Lovelly that you check this up,. Take also Ismos charing bathroom's, Trust me, you feel it.. Greatings from Finland

do look up Fröbelin Palikat - Hervoton Hepuli. Now theres a confusing childrens song and video from finland

0:03 that's not a reindeer but a red deer (Cervus elaphus).

Greetings from Finland!!! You should check out America first Finland second video!!! "I'll be back" 😎

I always wanted to start a construction company. I was going to call it: "3/4 ASS Construction." My tagline/slogan would be: "1/4 ASS better than the rest."

Me screaming at him for saying Izmo Leitola

Hi i am from finland

Red deer isn't reindeer. Pro finnish tip.

Kummeli is funny comedy

Small talk is not in practice in the northern countries.

very odd looking reindeer you have there 😅

This is my favourite Simo's stand up kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rNqClKqjrsiqZo0.html

Uu-ass;-aiiii👍

Thought this was an interview with Ismo. If I didn't know any better I would say next time write "reaction" in the tittle, but what about that sweet clickbait?

Yeah we know English

why the guy in the circle not dissaappear?

British english? like English english? isn't english english? Ofc some US dude: noooo it's invention from amurica!

"...maybe something inside the reindeer meat." Possibly so, but that's not a reindeer, it's an elk (native to North America and Asia, but not Europe). 😏

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Very unique? What's that? And how is it different from normally unique?

not finland's, the world's.

i find it super wrong to call it "british english" it is english from england. And our study books dont concern themselves too much with american innovatives ways to rape the language they base their utterances upon. So, we have american. and then we have english. Finns learn english, just like the rest of the world except america.

Hey Brian! If you wanna say some racist shit about Finland, remember to mention that we ALL eat reindeer meat haha. Shit is like 100e per KG most of us aint got money to that shit lol.

can you listen finish music again because thouse musics were mostly terrible.