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To clarify: I was referring to English in the context of Scandinavia, for which the mention of the derivation of the words in Finnish and Danish was needed, hence the answer's focus being on how palaver appears in English, not explicitly how it appears in Finnish or Danish. Also, if the question was 'Is "palaver" still in use? (If so, in what part of the world is it used?) In what sense is it used?', I would like to know how am I not answering the question (not meaning to offend anyone, just curious)?
– V-J
Commented May 30, 2015 at 17:21
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@V-J In all fairness, technically "it" in the second paragraph refers to "palaveri", not "palaver", so it can easily be misconstrued as if the entire answer is about the Finnish word "palaveri". However, when reading between the lines I think it becomes clear what you mean which is why I too oppose the critical comments.
– user77220
Commented May 30, 2015 at 22:30
@Pickett Yeah now that you mentioned of it, I now saw how the second paragraph could have been misleading, and the description of in what sense palaver is used was too vaguely implied, so I clarified the paragraph to hopefully convey the point better.
– V-J
Commented May 31, 2015 at 7:33

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