HAVE the Finns created the planet’s most useless website? Visit Finland has created an online Finngenerator, which tells users what they would be called if they were a Finn.
In the application's first week, there were more than 140,000 visits to the Japanese version of the site, which suggests that there are at least 140,000 Japanese who ought to get out more.
Users enter their name and gender into the online application, and the Finngenerator reveals the Finnish equivalent, along with a short explanation. All of the generated names are related to nature in some way, since the generator is built to reflect the fact that nature is present everywhere in Finland, even in names.
Following the site’s success in Japan, the application is growing in popularity across the globe, with a large number of hits in the United Kingdom and the United States following the launch of the English-language version. A Chinese version of the Finngenerator launches in April.
Try the Finngenerator at www.visitfinland.com/campaigns/finngenerator/public/en
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Holiday editor David Kernek comments: David comes out as Terho Viljanen, which
means – says the website – grainy acorn. In Hewbrew, David means beloved, which
– naturally – I much prefer!
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