Comments on: 7 Things You Must Know About Iceland

By: ephebo66

ephebo66 — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 19:34:15 +0000

i shall go to iceland and marry and icelandic woman.

By: Karin

Karin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 21:55:12 +0000

Very funny, and I’m not Icelandic. Never been there and don’t know anybody from there. But I love the fact that you guys don’t know what your national sport is any more than we do. (I’m Canadian) Supposedly it’s lacrosse, but everybody thinks it’s hockey.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 19:59:27 +0000

In my opinion, Iceland is the most overrated thing since Frank Lampard. If you spend any serious length of time in this country you will know what I am talking about. The natives are even more superficial and materialistic than Americans. They posses a cold attitude, and totally lack social ettiquette (or however you spell it) when dealing with foreigners. Whats worst is their secret feeling of superiority over the rest of the world and their barely disguised racism for foreigners living and working in their country (ie Polish) Yes Iceland is a very beautiful country and people can be friendly but they trail far behind most European nations in their social sophistication. I can’t wait to leave Iceland

By: Una Björg Jónsdóttir

Una Björg Jónsdóttir — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:17:52 +0000

also.. the original Fanta drink.. there was an icelandic guy on the team that invented it;)
he’s my uncle:)

By: Una Björg Jónsdóttir

Una Björg Jónsdóttir — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:16:17 +0000

hi my name is Joy Cliff daughter of Jón

This is a great post you have there. really made me wanna explore more of Iceland even though I’ve been around Iceland several times and I even went to a place where there are no roads and we had to go there by sea.
the most common names in Icenandic are Jón, Ólafur (Óli) Einar and Guðmundur (HAND(as in the right hand)of god).

Glíma (wrestling) is originated in Iceland but we really don’t know what our national sport is anymore because there are so few people that practice Glíma.

and another thing you forgot to mention… the Icelandic Nightlife!
it’s so crazy people wouldnt belive it. and there is a video of Quentin Tarantino describing the nightlife on ‘just another weekend’.. really funny how he describes it. Plus if you are a celebrity coming here it’s a great vacation away from all the paparazzis and the fans. all we do if we see a celebrity walking downtown is say: ‘hey. you’re that guy from that movie thingy.. nice to meet you’. and then walk on into the night.

Iceland is cool ;)

By: Arna Elísabet:)

Arna Elísabet:) — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 13:38:04 +0000

Hahaha þetta er bara of fyndið og kommentin hahah:D..
But hey this was a great blog, made my day:) … eða hvað sem maður segir.. ;)

By: Hinrik

Hinrik — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:09:09 +0000

Mundlaug is handlaug, an appliance for cleaning your hands, heimamundur is a gift from your wife to-be’s parents to ensure a smooth beginning, old thing rarely done now, so you can’t really be sure.

By: Einar Valur Bjarnason Maack

Einar Valur Bjarnason Maack — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:15:57 +0000

I’m thoroughly convinced that your ‘Berglaug’ is my 2nd cousin once removed Burla…

…? Am I right here? Just ask her if she’s got a ginger cousin a month younger than her that plays the guitar and sacrifices vegetarians to the gods.

If I’m right there… then her fathers name, ‘hand of the gods’ is actually ‘gift of the gods’… as ‘mundur’ means gift.

Anyway.

:-)

This post gave this ol’ Icelander a warm fuzzy feeling that someone out there understands us.

As for the lit translation of my name it’s “‘one man (undead) army (of Óðinn)’ ’slain/gyrfalcon’ ’son of bear’ Maack”…

By: Björn (literally "bear)

Björn (literally "bear) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:30:38 +0000

I’m sure you were talking about the name Þuríður which you could translate as “a beautiful thunder” it is literally Thor the beautiful but that sounds a bit weird. But anyways, I loved this entry!!!! It describes the common Icelanders extremely well. And also, if any tourist in Iceland hears “How do you like Iceland?” even though you have just arrived it’s just a little joke. A few years ago we had a TV show with that name and since that it has been a little joke to say it.

By: David Rutherford

David Rutherford — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:02:30 +0000

I’m not an icelander… :D

I do have some friends in Iceland though and I was told to read this before I head out there next year. Just makes me want to go more :). I believe my friends name is þuríðer which has a rather nice translation… :D

I’m from Scotland and we are quite similar in that we all live in these tiny wee not so special countries, but we’re all stupidly and incredibly proud to be from there. There’s nothing that can match anti-English patriotism :). I am not very proud to be a part of the UK. At least we have devolved already, hopefully soon we shall be independant :D.

Anyway, see you all in a year or so when I can speak some of your amazing language (which reminds me of Scottish Gaelic). Odd that.

Bye xD

ALBA GU BRATH!!