zoi (08:20:48)
which is appropriate, because their particular cult don't have TVs in their homes.

zoi (08:20:27)
I grew up in the bible belt, so a lot of the kids would even go 'video' instead of 'vittu'.

mirrorbird (08:17:53)
it's an old thunder god. best intensified as "saatana PERRRRkele!"

zoi (08:17:24)
I wouldn't use it to describe the competitors product, though

zoi (08:16:25)
if you spill coffee in your lap during that business meeting, a 'perkele' sounds appropriate to me

zoi (08:15:55)
My religious step-mother scolded me for a 'Saatana!' once, but I can't recall ever getting any flak for vittu/perkele in the appropriate context.

zoi (08:15:16)
I think it's some old word for some pagan devil-like thing or similar. I don't think people put much weight into it nowadays.

zoi (08:14:42)
I guess context matters for all of the above.

nyingen (08:11:15)
C) In a business meeting with people you just met, would someone say it casually?

nyingen (08:10:42)
A) parents say it around their kids? B) are kids scolded for saying it?

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Diz (Dietmar Bos)

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