For my first thread!! It warmed my heart to see
that most wonderful Coke commercial run again tonight during the opening ceremonies of the Sochi Olympics!!
Not only because I am so happy that Coke didn't pull the ad after the bullshit controversy over it...but because it was like Coke saying "F**K You" to all those that were offended by it!
It just BOGGLES my mind how the conservatives can take the most beautiful of things and make it ugly.
I smiled a nice big smile and watched it again and it made me feel even more proud and appreciative of all the minorities and immigrants that have made the move here and continue to expand our awareness of the diversity of the planet Earth and all it offers.
Also knowing more pea-brained bigots would be spitting their coffee...beer...or hopefully Coke out of their mouths choking as the ad ran again... ruining their evening.
As my ancestors would say:
Amerikka on kaunis millä tahansa kielellä
ja jos olet eri mieltä voit suudella minne aurinko ei paista.
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Welcome to DU!
I agree America is beautiful in any language.
I loved the Coke commercial also 
and your ancestors would say...
"America is beautiful in any language
and if you disagree you can kiss where the sun do not shine."
Google also said that it was in Finnish 
and yes my ancestry is Finnish... to be specific, the Sammi people of Northern Finland.
A couple of my Brothers have really studied shamanism and have gone to a large Shaman gathering in Northern Wisconsin a couple of times. I can't recall the location but it is an annual event on the Labor Day weekend.
I haven't gone myself yet..but certainly would love to one of these years.
The similarities between the Sammi people and North American Indians is remarkable. The general understanding through DNA sampling ... a group of people in Siberia split. One group went East and one group went West. The one's that went west ended up being the Sammi peoples of Northern Norway, Sweden, Finland and Russia. Those that went East eventually ended up in North America.
I come from a very very large family of brothers and sisters...now we have our own children and to see the facial resemblance of some in my family to the Sammis is amazing. I was watching a video of a group of Sammis where I swear my daughter was sitting in the room.
Welcome to DU
I appreciate the compliment and the welcome!
It's a wonderful language... My Grandparents spoke Finn when they were younger. In the U.P. of Michigan where I live...we have the longest running Finnish program in the US... Soumi Kutsuu.
I could figure out about half the Finnish words, since our languages are so closely related.
I've been to Estonia twice, including a flight to Helsinki and taking the ferry from there to Tallinn on the 2010 visit.
Soumi Kutsuu - does that mean Finland Calling? Kutsu means call or invite in Estonian.
I have seen programs on how the Finns ferry across the bay to Estonia for short stays on weekends or vacations.
Yes... Finland Calling! It's been airing on our local TV station every Sunday morning for over 50 years. They have anything Finnish related from music to guests... lots of polkas! lol
Clips of Finland past and present.... since we have the largest settlement of Finnish descendants in the U.S. if not North America right here in the U.P. of Michigan.
I don't speak the language but my mother sure could.
Sisu.
My Grandparents did... although my Dad could understand it he really never focused on learning to speak it.
Life for them is an endless drama. Always saying how good it "used" to be before _________. (insert your meaningless reason)
But welcome to DU!
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I haven't been watching the Olympics but I saw the commercial during the Super Bowl and I, too, loved it. Nice first post. I'm looking forward to more.
Glad to be here!
I have been actually trying to quit my "Coke" habit! Drank coke daily for decades... when I finally did quit... I had a headache for 4 days! My body wanting that caffeine and sugar.
I haven't quit completely.... I treat myself to a 20 oz bottle about 2 twice a month. So now I just have to enter in all those cap codes and get what I can out of them while I can. lol
And, Welcome to DU!
… nice post!
I was a "Lowper" for 27 years, although I was born in WI.
Being in the U.P., you must be a Packer fan (
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That said, the Porcupine Mts. were my husband's favorite place on earth.
I was born when the Lions were champions and damn if I will have to wait till my final year on Earth to see them once again become champions! LOL
Porcupine Mountain area is absolutely spectacular! Well the entire U.P. is "Someplace Special"
I love fishing and hiking and although I don't care for the winters ...the summers make up for it many times over!