 Originally Finnish syllables could not start with two consonants but many loans containing these have added this to the inventory.This is observable in older loans such as "ranska" < Swedish "franska" ('French') contrasting newer loans "presidentti" < Swedish "president" ('president').In past decades, it was common to hear these clusters simplified in speech (), particularly, though not exclusively, by either rural Finns or Finns who knew little or no Swedish or English.