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In Finland the highest category swear word is "Perkele" which they call "the P word". It translates as "devil"
by SixSigma 11y ago
In Finland the highest category swear word is "Perkele" which they call "the P word".
It translates as "devil"
- Wildgoose 11y agoInteresting! That immediately made me think of the fabulous independent movie "Star Wreck: In the Perkinning" and the "P-fleet". Well worth watching by the way, it's a humorous take on Star Trek and Babylon 5. The effects were made by a render-farm of PCs in their kitchen whilst a bedroom was set up for blue screen work. It was even shown on Finnish national television.
- jpatokal 11y agoUhh, no. Vittu, literally "cunt", is the Finnish equivalent of "fuck" and is used with similar disregard to its notional meaning (fucking cheeseburger = vitun juustohampurilainen). Kind of like those Quebecois swears, perkele manages to be both rude and formal: it's used in Finnish translations of the Bible for "Devil".