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 Welcome to Basic Finnish for tourists and travelers. [[File:Suomen lippu valokuva.png|right|thumb|150px|You are welcome to Apotheker [[User:Jukeboksi|Jukeboksi's]] guide intended for learning meaningful Finnish you might actually use.]]
-Vast majority of Finns will switch to English if they encounter foreigners trying to learn Finnish. This does not mean they do not appreciate the effort to try to learn some command of Finnish.
+Vast majority of Finns will switch to English if they encounter foreigners trying to apply less than perfect Finnish. This does not mean they do not appreciate the effort to try to learn some command of Finnish and to apply it but Finns just figure out the foreigners will not bother to learn the language spoken only by some 5 mln people. Assumption of English being the highest in common language is due to desire to be hospitable towards the non-native.
 Knowing the [[w:International Phonetic Alphabet|IPA]] helps greatly in this task as nearly all Finnish letters are pronounced as they are written and the IPA equivalent reads pretty much the same.