ext_58962 ([identity profile] tanais.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] perlmonger 2004-06-11 10:23 am (UTC)

I would want to learn Finnish simply to read the entire Finn Family Moomintroll set of books in their original language. Apparently Puffin re-translated The Exploits of Moominpapa and it came out very different. I like that about language -- it reminds me that all that we describe is merely a compromise...

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