Talk:Finnish profanity
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I'd remember that "hitto" is a shorthand of some of the pagan-era deities. Not completely sure, though.
There are so many factual mistakes on this page that it's hard to believe. Hitto is a good example. Another one is "Perkele" which is an old baltic name for certain kinds of devils; it's not a thing of Finnish mythology at all, it's a loan word (coming from the Estonian "Perkunas" for example).
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- Just a friendly remark: The Estonian language (and a lot of its mythology) has the same origin as Finnish, in the same way that we don't evolve from the apes, but we have common ancestors. Thus it isn't a loan word, but it has common origins. -Islander(Scandinavia) 01:14, 24 January 2007 (UTC)
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- There might be factual inaccuracies, but your argument concerning "Perkele" makes no sense. "Perkele" is obviously a part of Finnish mythology, and it makes no difference whatsoever that the word itself is a loan from Baltic (and as such maybe 2000 years old!). By the same logic one could claim that farming is not a part of Finnish culture because most words related to farming are ultimately loanwords. Moreover, "Perkunas" is not Estonian. (As a side note: please sign your comments with four tildes) --AAikio 04:39, 29 September 2006 (UTC)
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- I cant't see that there are any serious factual errors in this article. I am from Finland and I would agree with the text in this article. --MoRsE 06:44, 15 November 2006 (UTC)
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- I agree with most of the facts on this page, and am also Finnish. I made some smaller edits, for example to make the origins more exact Myom 12:30, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
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I am Finnish, and I like this page, it is good, if you think it is not factual then perhaps fixing it is good, otherwise, Haista vittu! Just kidding, I love you! ('love not fuck'). I also love the Finnish sauce Aleksi Peltola 00:03, 30 March 2007 (UTC)
