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A Finn and Swede were arguing which ones mother tongue sounds more
beautiful. Since they couldn't find any solution they asked help
from an English linguistic. The linguistic asked both of them to
translate the following poem by Percy Shelley into their own
languages. "Island, Island, Grassy Iland, Grassy Island's Bride."

It was the Finn's turn first. He translated : "Saari, saari, Heinä-
saari, Heinäsaaren Morsian."

Then the Swede translated the poem : "Ö, ö, Hö ö, Hö öns Mö."