▲ 107 ▼ What's the consensus on swearing here (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* by squid_slime@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 103 comments fedilink hide all child comments Noticed not many people use curse words. So.. why the fuck not?
[–] Lnrdrople@suppo.fi 6 points 2 years ago (1 child) Ah, Finnish army also has (or at least had) that unit of measurement, "pillukarva", literally pussy hair. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is karva related to the Polish kurwa? I'm American and you guys are close to each other in my uneducated estimation, and so I feel like there's gotta be something there right? And oldest profession is an old word. Merry Christmas, and thanks for the new word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago I doubt. Karva is just any hair, except hair on head (facial hair is still karva though it has also specific words too). Animal hair can also be karva, but only when it's "fallen off" such as dog or cat hair sticking your clothes permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lnrdrople@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago It sounds similar, but karva is hair. Finnish and Polish are pretty far apart as far as European languages go. Merry Christmas! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (2 children) Is karva related to the Polish kurwa? I'm American and you guys are close to each other in my uneducated estimation, and so I feel like there's gotta be something there right? And oldest profession is an old word. Merry Christmas, and thanks for the new word. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago I doubt. Karva is just any hair, except hair on head (facial hair is still karva though it has also specific words too). Animal hair can also be karva, but only when it's "fallen off" such as dog or cat hair sticking your clothes permalink fedilink source parent [–] Lnrdrople@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago It sounds similar, but karva is hair. Finnish and Polish are pretty far apart as far as European languages go. Merry Christmas! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 years ago I doubt. Karva is just any hair, except hair on head (facial hair is still karva though it has also specific words too). Animal hair can also be karva, but only when it's "fallen off" such as dog or cat hair sticking your clothes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Lnrdrople@suppo.fi 3 points 2 years ago It sounds similar, but karva is hair. Finnish and Polish are pretty far apart as far as European languages go. Merry Christmas! permalink fedilink source parent