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GoldenRivet 01-03-13 09:55 AM

WTF Iceland?
 
http://news.yahoo.com/icelandic-girl...074758814.html

if i were her my response would be a raised middle finger... two even!

has the whole gadamned world gone fascist?!!? :stare:

Herr-Berbunch 01-03-13 10:00 AM

Who else finds it humerous that the Icelandic alphabet doesn't contain a 'c'. Surely they live in Ieland then, and are Ielandi people?

:hmmm:

Skybird 01-03-13 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1987547)
Who else finds it humerous that the Icelandic alphabet doesn't contain a 'c'. Surely they live in Ieland then, and are Ielandi people?

:hmmm:

Or the spitting-lama-sound in English - the "th". A constant source of endless laughs and mumblings for us foreigners! ;) You cant teach introductory course in fifth class at a German school, without the kids rolling over each other in laughter and spitting around like idiots.

:O:

And have you ever heard what a German throat produces in strange noise when trying to pronounce one of the most alienating words I ever heared - "squirrel"?

Oberon 01-03-13 10:45 AM

Belgium had a similar list until the 1980s I think, dated back to the days of Napoleon IIRC, surnames I think, since the Netherlands had surnames enforced upon it by Boney after he ran them over.

Sailor Steve 01-03-13 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1987547)
Who else finds it humerous that the Icelandic alphabet doesn't contain a 'c'. Surely they live in Ieland then, and are Ielandi people?

:hmmm:

I'm sure that in their own language it all makes sense. That joke only works when you spell it in English.

Herr-Berbunch 01-03-13 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Skybird (Post 1987559)
And have you ever heard what a German throat produces in strange noise when trying to pronounce one of the most alienating words I ever heared - "squirrel"?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SskKMbX6qmk :haha:

kraznyi_oktjabr 01-03-13 11:05 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Herr-Berbunch (Post 1987547)
Who else finds it humerous that the Icelandic alphabet doesn't contain a 'c'. Surely they live in Ieland then, and are Ielandi people?

:hmmm:

They call their country Ísland. It is you illiterate Brits who write it wrong! :O:

GoldenRivet 01-03-13 11:12 AM

my personal congratulations to Oberon... you sir are the only person in this thread who didnt miss the point.:haha:

Herr-Berbunch 01-03-13 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet (Post 1987586)
my personal congratulations to Oberon... you sir are the only person in this thread who didnt miss the point.:haha:

I didn't miss it, I just created another point next to it. :03:

At least you don't get this in Iceland. :hmmm:

Tribesman 01-03-13 11:34 AM

Sounds like New Zealand where they blocked childrens names like Fish & Chips, Sex Fruit, Fat Boy and Twisty Poi.
Its outrageous I tell ya.

Jimbuna 01-03-13 02:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oberon (Post 1987574)
Belgium had a similar list until the 1980s I think, dated back to the days of Napoleon IIRC, surnames I think, since the Netherlands had surnames enforced upon it by Boney after he ran them over.

That is so very true...I have many friends over there and all the names have literal meanings.

Example....Johnny Von Rodenberg = Johnny from the red mountain.

Oberon 01-03-13 02:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna (Post 1987671)
That is so very true...I have many friends over there and all the names have literal meanings.

Example....Johnny Von Rodenberg = Johnny from the red mountain.

:yep: I knew a South African chap with the surname of Oosthuizen, which I believe is something like east house. Before Nappy visited Rotterdam though, it was similar to Iceland for surnames, so it'd be something like Johnny Peterzoon.

Jimbuna 01-03-13 02:16 PM

My last boss over in Dordrecht was called Charles Haneveer = Charles Chicken feather :)

Betonov 01-03-13 02:57 PM

I wonder if Steinsteypa is on that list :hmmm:

STEED 01-03-13 03:01 PM

Get off her back dim bats, let her have the name.


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