@@carthiekoivari Hey. You asked about Perkele as a word - you will get different meanings to it because of the history of the world. Yes I think it may have something to do with our pre-christian mythology. But when Christianity arrived to Finland, it did not come peacefully. Check out northern crusades. The world history knows well the crusades to Jerusalem. But there was time when the religion was forced on people through war and oppression in certain parts of Europe. In a way that happen in Finland too. And if you know about the history of Christianity in general - there was a time when the religion itself changed from the original beginning times to starting to more adopt pre-christian era mythological characters and celebrations by replacing them into something fitting of the christian concept. This is the way for example Christmas was placed on the time of old celebrations related to light - as it settles very near to the day 22 of December when the night is the longest and darkest in the year. So in a way this day of hope and light from old times turned into the birth day of Jesus. And these kind of changes are very common through out all of the christian Chandler and mythology - the point of them having originally been to give the pagans something familiar to adjust to. And this has significance also in the sense that often the old gods and spirits from old mythologies were easily seen as something else through christian eyes. So perkele and saatana have very similar meaning in fact - all though one could also translate it into meaning the devil. But this history is closely linked with the history of Christianity and how it changed the concepts of the old mythologies. As for cussing. It is not viewed as something appropriate in Finland. But younger people will use them more often - also students. But you can easily guess that those people likely won't use them in front of their parents - very similar as to how it is elsewhere. And if someone older uses one - it will either mean they are trying to make a point or are actually rather angry - or have hit their thumb with a hammer - lol. I have not heard my father use cuss words but once. It happen when we were traveling in the USA. I was like 14 years old at the time. We had international drivers license and international insurance for driving which covered EVERYTHING. And for this we had related documents, all also in English, appropriately as one should. And we were renting a car to drive from state to another - my dad has some relatives in the States. But he does not speak English and my mother's English at the time was not very good. So here I was - a 14 year old teen trying to explain that we already have an insurance to the lady at the desk. She was not taking it from a kid - I got literally treated like a child who knows nothing by her and so she was not really reading the documentation but attempting to insist that we have to purchase insurance from there as well. And the chat had been going on for almost 15 minutes me translating and trying to make her listen. So finally my dad got bored and annoyed at her to the point of saying in a low and rather insisting a tone - just one word - in Finn. PERKELE! rolling his R perfectly, every letter pronounced in a sharp and hard manner as one does in Finn. Not more than two seconds passed when the woman's boss stepped out from his office and came to ask what is the trouble. I explained again, saying the lady was not listening. The man took the documents, looked at them and walked into his office - which had a window and I saw he made a call - and after this there was absolutely no troubles anymore. They even rented us a bit larger car for the trouble, with the price of the smaller one. If used appropriately and not flooded in consistent manner, a Finnish cuss word has weight even where the language is different and no one understands the meaning of it. Actually - come to think of it - even bears heed the word - let me show you a video clip, just to finish on something funny... czcams.com/video/z7_pVrIshxA/video.html
You're really funny lassie! Enjoyed the manner of expression very much. You're very belivable and honest so! Btw, for the Perkele thing, here goes an explanation I heard once: Perkele or Perkunas was actually a baltic god of thunder, like Zeus, Thor or finnish Ukko. Finns were waging war under the times of swedish rule in todays Lithuania I think and got their asses whopped by the locals who were shouting thunderous calls for their god Perkele to aid them in the combat. As the balts won seemingly by the blessing of Perkele, this is how perkele became to carry a cursing menace to the finns. Then again as mentioned, the figure was so much similar to almighty Ukko, they might have been seen as one and the same entity at a different times.
Dogs have teeth in Finland of course, they are even better taken care of than people's in most countries :P But yeah, dogs aren't trained to show/use them in here, unless it's a police or military dog.
About the lack of titles: Finns have always been working-class. Swedes and Russians were the nobles, so our language is subconsciously more egalitarian. Now days even parents are often called by their names by their children, instead of "Mom and Dad". Titles are considered too cold and formal. They are maybe used when sending an Email to someone you have never met
Hi, unfortunately my other social spaces are still private because they involve people who do not want to be public. You can however write me an email at babycarthie@yahoo.com
Lmao about saatana the curse word, i was trying to sleep one night at around 6.00am and i just hear my neighbour yell ”SAATANA” really loud upstairs and i just start laughing quietly, he knocked a cabin over or something so that’s why he yelled it. It was really funny to me
@@carthiekoivari You were right. Perkele is god of thunder originally. everybody doesen't just know it. have to say, your pronunciation is actually very good what comes to swear words. :)
We are not, not all of us, so stereotypical as you paint us. But as stereotypes go, you have it right. The country and people have areal, social and personal differences. Also different generations have their own styles. Not all drink coffee, not all curse etc. No doubt you knew that, so please don't paint the picture with just one colour. 😉
Well ofcourse I knew it's not all of you. No one person can be the same as the other person. My intentions were definitely not to offend anyone. I was trying to put a point across not to paint a one colored picture. Next time Al keep that in mind.
@@carthiekoivari the experiences of living in apartment houses can also be very different. There are housing companies where owners and resident of the house don't really have much to do with each other, so they don't know each other. There are also places where residents have arranged many kinds of activities together. Those can be more like small villages, where people feel they belong to the group and have close ties to each other.
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I like how this clip just gets right at the topic from the very first second. No intro or small talk or other BS. Very Finnish :)
Thanks😊😊😊I tried.
I was thinking just the same, no chit chat 🤣👍
😅😅😅 thanks
same
@@carthiekoivari Hey. You asked about Perkele as a word - you will get different meanings to it because of the history of the world. Yes I think it may have something to do with our pre-christian mythology. But when Christianity arrived to Finland, it did not come peacefully. Check out northern crusades. The world history knows well the crusades to Jerusalem. But there was time when the religion was forced on people through war and oppression in certain parts of Europe. In a way that happen in Finland too. And if you know about the history of Christianity in general - there was a time when the religion itself changed from the original beginning times to starting to more adopt pre-christian era mythological characters and celebrations by replacing them into something fitting of the christian concept. This is the way for example Christmas was placed on the time of old celebrations related to light - as it settles very near to the day 22 of December when the night is the longest and darkest in the year. So in a way this day of hope and light from old times turned into the birth day of Jesus. And these kind of changes are very common through out all of the christian Chandler and mythology - the point of them having originally been to give the pagans something familiar to adjust to. And this has significance also in the sense that often the old gods and spirits from old mythologies were easily seen as something else through christian eyes. So perkele and saatana have very similar meaning in fact - all though one could also translate it into meaning the devil. But this history is closely linked with the history of Christianity and how it changed the concepts of the old mythologies.
As for cussing. It is not viewed as something appropriate in Finland. But younger people will use them more often - also students. But you can easily guess that those people likely won't use them in front of their parents - very similar as to how it is elsewhere. And if someone older uses one - it will either mean they are trying to make a point or are actually rather angry - or have hit their thumb with a hammer - lol. I have not heard my father use cuss words but once. It happen when we were traveling in the USA. I was like 14 years old at the time. We had international drivers license and international insurance for driving which covered EVERYTHING. And for this we had related documents, all also in English, appropriately as one should. And we were renting a car to drive from state to another - my dad has some relatives in the States. But he does not speak English and my mother's English at the time was not very good. So here I was - a 14 year old teen trying to explain that we already have an insurance to the lady at the desk. She was not taking it from a kid - I got literally treated like a child who knows nothing by her and so she was not really reading the documentation but attempting to insist that we have to purchase insurance from there as well. And the chat had been going on for almost 15 minutes me translating and trying to make her listen. So finally my dad got bored and annoyed at her to the point of saying in a low and rather insisting a tone - just one word - in Finn. PERKELE! rolling his R perfectly, every letter pronounced in a sharp and hard manner as one does in Finn. Not more than two seconds passed when the woman's boss stepped out from his office and came to ask what is the trouble. I explained again, saying the lady was not listening. The man took the documents, looked at them and walked into his office - which had a window and I saw he made a call - and after this there was absolutely no troubles anymore. They even rented us a bit larger car for the trouble, with the price of the smaller one. If used appropriately and not flooded in consistent manner, a Finnish cuss word has weight even where the language is different and no one understands the meaning of it. Actually - come to think of it - even bears heed the word - let me show you a video clip, just to finish on something funny...
czcams.com/video/z7_pVrIshxA/video.html
You are simply amazing. Charming and funny and totally on point. How did youtube not recommend you before! *going to watch more*
Awwwwww. Thank you so much for the compliment 😊😊😊 greatly honoured 😊
Absolutely hilarious, I like it! Good facts and well observed the Finns...
Thank you☺️☺️☺️☺️☺️
I do love the way you tell us this ! ...... You are a FINN ...........
Thank you🤗🤗🤗
You're really funny lassie! Enjoyed the manner of expression very much. You're very belivable and honest so!
Btw, for the Perkele thing, here goes an explanation I heard once: Perkele or Perkunas was actually a baltic god of thunder, like Zeus, Thor or finnish Ukko. Finns were waging war under the times of swedish rule in todays Lithuania I think and got their asses whopped by the locals who were shouting thunderous calls for their god Perkele to aid them in the combat. As the balts won seemingly by the blessing of Perkele, this is how perkele became to carry a cursing menace to the finns.
Then again as mentioned, the figure was so much similar to almighty Ukko, they might have been seen as one and the same entity at a different times.
😂😂😂😂thank you so much.
Dogs have teeth in Finland of course, they are even better taken care of than people's in most countries :P But yeah, dogs aren't trained to show/use them in here, unless it's a police or military dog.
Where I live is also safe..whenever I drive at night the only persons scared is my mom back in Kenya..
😂😂😂😂yeah because they cannot imagine a place like that😊
Keep these coming!
😂😂😂😂thanks. Will do.
Hauska video. Kiitos!
Kiitos paljon☺️☺️☺️
I will come there soon dear siz. They curse a lot? Woooiiii ...learning a lot from you.
😆🤣🤣the locks and the electricity part . How I'm I just discovering you now.
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Thanks for watching 😊
So interesting!
Thank you 😊😊😊
Girl-you are like true Finn :D you don´t have to know your neighbours´
😂😂😂😂am trying
Wait i actually do have neighbors?
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🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Hahaha....vitu vichenjanga!! Literally.
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Why the hell are you CZcams recommending this to me after 4 months
No social distansing too when Finland wins in icehockey championships.
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You video was fanny 😂👍🏻
Thank you☺️☺️☺️
About the lack of titles: Finns have always been working-class. Swedes and Russians were the nobles, so our language is subconsciously more egalitarian. Now days even parents are often called by their names by their children, instead of "Mom and Dad". Titles are considered too cold and formal. They are maybe used when sending an Email to someone you have never met
Good to know. It's nice to see how different cultures view things differently. Thanks.☺️
hey, you got twitte or instagram, i might b coming to finland soon
be cool to get some more info
Hi, unfortunately my other social spaces are still private because they involve people who do not want to be public. You can however write me an email at babycarthie@yahoo.com
Finland has among the cheapest and most reliable electricity, and everyone complains about it
That's sad if people don't realise how lucky they are. Electricity is everything.
Jumalauta! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😘
😂😂😂😂😂 kyllä
@@carthiekoivari I know!!! 🤣
Lmao about saatana the curse word, i was trying to sleep one night at around 6.00am and i just hear my neighbour yell ”SAATANA” really loud upstairs and i just start laughing quietly, he knocked a cabin over or something so that’s why he yelled it. It was really funny to me
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This is reason,why finnih drink...they want sometime open mind,and talk.
That is so true. Also a drink breaks any ice😊
Perkele = piru = devil in finnish mythology.
Thank you for the extra education. I said he was a god because it was written that perkele was the god of thunder before he was known as ukko
@angulion siis näin mäkin ennen ajattelin kunnes otin siitä selvää ja se onkin oikeesti ukon ensimmäinen nimi kunnes kristityt päättivät toisin..
@@carthiekoivari You were right. Perkele is god of thunder originally. everybody doesen't just know it. have to say, your pronunciation is actually very good what comes to swear words. :)
@Juhani 😂😂😂😂well when you have to use the words on a daily basis then I think the pronunciation sticks. Thanks though ☺️
@@carthiekoivari aight 😂
We are not, not all of us, so stereotypical as you paint us.
But as stereotypes go, you have it right. The country and people have areal, social and personal differences.
Also different generations have their own styles.
Not all drink coffee, not all curse etc.
No doubt you knew that, so please don't paint the picture with just one colour.
😉
Well ofcourse I knew it's not all of you. No one person can be the same as the other person. My intentions were definitely not to offend anyone. I was trying to put a point across not to paint a one colored picture. Next time Al keep that in mind.
@@carthiekoivari the experiences of living in apartment houses can also be very different. There are housing companies where owners and resident of the house don't really have much to do with each other, so they don't know each other.
There are also places where residents have arranged many kinds of activities together. Those can be more like small villages, where people feel they belong to the group and have close ties to each other.