If you grew up in my childhood home, you shouldn’t have any trouble parsing the Finnish word for asafoetida, a particularly pungent resin made from wild fennel.
Pirunpaska.
I very nearly laughed out loud.
If you grew up in my childhood home, you shouldn’t have any trouble parsing the Finnish word for asafoetida, a particularly pungent resin made from wild fennel.
Pirunpaska.
I very nearly laughed out loud.
We’ll have no spontaneous outbursts of uncontrolled gaiety here, young man.
Pirunpaska notwithstanding.
Uncontrolled gaiety does not befit the stoic Finn.