Ahh. Yeah, I kept running into that issue with the book I was using to teach myself... it's geared waaaay too much towards 'proper' Finnish. Main thing that discouraged me, Every time I practiced I ran into sounding like some overly formal tard.

A bearing house is basically a place that sells just about every sort of bearing imaginable. They vary in terms of accessibility depending on where you are; For instance numerous automotive manufacturers and suppliers of automotive components operate in my area of the united states and as such places use lots of industrial machinery I have my pick of shops that carry bearings... Your best bet is to look up 'bearings' in a phone book / directory and if you find a place located at/near an industrial area, you're probably in business.

Once you get to one, typically you can specify your country of origin. Preferences vary, but typically most people in the machining world say china is the lowest quality, and German/swiss the highest. USA and Japan are somewhere in the middle, and Taiwan somewhere on the lower end.