Talk:Perkele

Pronunciation
Can anyone tell how to pronounce this (to an english speaker)? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.232.77.115 (talk) 23:14, 25 June 2006 (UTC)


 * Well, An easy rule in Finnish is that everything is pronounced exactly as it is written, but as some letters are pronounced differently in English, it would have to be a little more specificly explained:
 * All vowels are pronounced short, (unless written double, as in "Saatana") thus all the "e"s are short, like in "Helen", "P" is like in Peter, "k" is hard, as the "c" in coffin. "R" has a life of its own. It should be rolling, like the Scottish r, but still harder, and the emphasiation of the word should be on its peak at the "r". The angrier you are, the more "r"s, "Perrrrkele!" -Islander(Scandinavia) 14:15, 26 June 2006 (UTC)


 * And where's the stress? First syllable? There needs to be a pronunciation guide here. Malick78 (talk) 17:49, 14 November 2011 (UTC)

Comments removed
I have removed the following stringly POV comments from the article:
 * 'Perkele Satan' is a common expression used to expres piss offedness. However, this is just a pure anger expression. I am finnish and knew nothing about thunder gods and swedish priests and crap adopting this and turning our wonderful gods into satanistic worshipping people. So, I don't quite see how you can put so much history and stuff into a simple word that is really only the finnish equal of 'God Damnit!!'. God damn the people who turned this fine finnish expression into the material of a dictionary.

-- The Anome 22:43, 23 June 2006 (UTC)

Do we really need this article?
Do we really need an article for a swearword? iIf someone really wants information on what "has the role of realizing and strengthening the Finnish national identity", couldnt it just be in the "finland" section?
 * As it happens, Perkele is also, as the article states, an ancient deity in the Finnish mythology, which deserves an article of its own. -Islander(Scandinavia) 08:44, 30 June 2006 (UTC)
 * Yes we do need this article because this is a word that non-finnish speaking people learn quite fast and this word can be said to make part of essense of term "Finn" or "Finnish". Perkele is culture-heritage.
 * Strong yes, especially given how often it is used by non Finnish speakers. Mathiastck (talk) 21:32, 18 April 2018 (UTC)

It is something that is somehow wery closely related to finnish culture but I think this topic won't deserve an article of it's own.

As for the swear word it self it (of course) doesn't deserve an own article but concidering that it actually was a deity.. Another alternative would be to merge the article with Ukko and give it an own space there. Since as I got it, Perkele is just an older version of Ukko. (lol, just a side note; finnish language is funny) --DerMeister 14:53, 1 November 2006 (UTC)

Ilmarinen is the god of the sky
Ilmarinen is the most accepted pre-Christian god of the weather, and also appears as a character in the Kalevala. In common usage P***** is just a swear word. I would like to see some proof or citations to back up the claims about P***** being also a name of a God. A Finnish/English dictionary will give the definition of the word and derivatives as having to do with hell or damnation, but also the devil.
 * It is widely thought that Ilmarinen was originally a god of sky (like Inmar is a sky god of some other Fenno-Ugric speakers) but then a new god of sky, Perkele (that was an influence from corded ware culture) took his place. Ilmarinen did not cease, but was transformed into a human hero like he is in Kalevala. Surely there is no folk runes telling that perkele is a god, because while runes were collected Perkele had already been stamped as satan for hundreds of years. 193.65.112.51 15:55, 7 November 2006 (UTC)

Popular culture section
Does Scandinavia and the World webcomic need to be in this topic, it seems as though its a shameless plug and might be considered free advertising 114.198.91.63 (talk) 12:13, 3 June 2012 (UTC)
 * Yeah, I'm not sure it's notable enough to warrant mention in the article - but that's also true of most material I notice in "In popular culture" sections on Wikipedia. V2Blast (talk) 21:42, 1 December 2020 (UTC)

Management by Perkele
Management_by_perkele used to be a good article, as I mentioned here Talk:Management_by_perkele. "Old version is better and still popular as a quoted google search result: " Management by perkele is originally a Swedish expression for a Finnish leadership approach that, according to its proponents, takes required actions in a quick and swift way, instead of a prolonged pondering of all possible alternative approaches and points of view before actually getting anything done. This is specifically contrasted to the Swedish consensus decision-making, where the manager makes sure that everyone involved has been heard before decisions are taken. The name is derived from the well-known Finnish swear word perkele, and it is a reference to the repeated times this word is yelled by the top managers. " It now redirects to Finnish_profanity. I think it would be better if it redirected here: Perkele and that the above, or something similar, perhaps citeable, was included in this article. Mathiastck (talk) 21:31, 18 April 2018 (UTC)