Saatananpalvoja

[Jukka Aho]

Here’s a bit of listening fun:

• SaatananPalvoja.mp3

Can you make out what’s going on?

[j.petsku]

Thanks for this exercise, Jukka. It took a few listenings, but I think I got it, plus a few laughs. One question. Toward the end, after a koeaika is suggested, our petollinen kandidaatti says, "kuulostaa xxxxxx-lta." For the life of me, I can't make out that word... And is he saying "sairastulo?"

[Jukka Aho]

Toward the end, after a koeaika is suggested, our petollinen kandidaatti says, "kuulostaa xxxxxx-lta." For the life of me, I can't make out that word...

— Koeaika...? Kuulostaa kohtalokkaalta!

(kohtalokas = fateful, portentous)

And is he saying "sairastulo?"

A play on the words. ;) The interviewer says tervetuloa, the candidate responds with sairastuloa... as he can’t possibly support anything healthy or normal.

[j.petsku]

— Koeaika...? Kuulostaa kohtalokkaalta!

(kohtalokas = fateful, portentous)

Aha! I kept thinking something like kuulostaa kohta uhh...mud? (joka olis loalta, ei lokkaalta)

A play on the words. The interviewer says tervetuloa, the candidate responds with sairastuloa... as he can’t possibly support anything healthy or normal.

Heh, now I get the first joke, too. Olkaa hyvä. Paha! Paha! Paha!

One final question: The last word of the clip...auttari? What does this mean?

[Upphew]

One final question: The last word of the clip...auttari? What does this mean?

Alttari, not auttari.

[Jukka Aho]

Heh, now I get the first joke, too. Olkaa hyvä. Paha! Paha! Paha!

Yeah, he “explains” that right after saying the above:

— Olkaa hyvä.
— Paha! Paha! Paha! Koska olen SAATANANPALVOJA!!! (“Because I am...”)

One final question: The last word of the clip...auttari? What does this mean?

That’s actually alttari (“altar”), not auttari. He wants to get on with the job, now that he was accepted...