Vocabulary
Finland Swedish mostly has the same vocabulary as Swedish in Sweden. There is a conscious effort to adopt neologisms from Sweden, to avoid differences. Nevertheless there are differences. They are generally in two categories: Old Swedish forms and loanwords and calques from Finnish or independently borrowed from other languages (nowadays mostly English). There are also some terms differing because of differing legislation.
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“One forgets words as one forgets names. One’s vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.”
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