2024: Finns Curse More Jun 30, 2020
According to Juhani Sirén, Finns curse more than other Nordic or Central Europeans, and are only met at that level by Scots and Russians, though of course determining what is and isn't a curse word is both a cultural and also individual matter. While cursing can actually affect Finnish grammar, he attributes this reason to the late adoption of Christianity in Finland, even though this would not as be so cut-and-dry for the other two places mentioned. It makes sense for Finland however due to the nature of the cursing being so paganistic, using words like 'perkele' (a pagan devil-like figure), 'ärräpäät' ('dwarf', in the mythical sense) and other mythological references. That said, much of the younger generation is now using more physiologically related words as well.
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