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English cognates and slang in Icelandic Posted by sequoia on Apr 14, 2012
There’s lots of English slang in spoken Icelandic, and a bit less in written. (EDIT: Please see Alex’s comment for notes about “cognates” and “false friends”, etc. as well as good examples!) In person Icelanders, when chatting with friends, might use straight English words for things that may not exist in Icelandic, that have a…
Easter proverbs Posted by sequoia on Apr 9, 2012
Here are the sayings I have from this year’s chocolate Easter eggs, as described in Hulda’s previous post. Some of them are clear just by looking up the individual words, but some, as she mentioned, might not make sense even to a native speaker. There might be some errors in typing them up, I noticed…
Doctors, Clinics, Medicine Posted by sequoia on Apr 3, 2012
Edit: This is a very long post, I’ve edited it to make it a little more concise but I’ll do shorter ones in the future. Also, welcome, Hulda! Sometimes when I find new things or people correct me I go back and edit old posts to reflect the new information. For example, I added a…
Strange photos Posted by sequoia on Mar 27, 2012
I’m slowly working on some posts that require research and double-checking from books that I may-or-may-not have at home, so while those are being made I’ll post some things like this post instead. Today you get “strange or interesting things I’ve taken photos of in Iceland”. By the pond in Reykjavík. The little house even…
Phones and texts Posted by sequoia on Mar 16, 2012
I have saved a few texts (SMSes) from my time in Iceland. Texting is used a lot in Iceland. The bookstore might text you if you ordered a book and it came in, same with the library, the doctor will text you to remind you about an appointment, even a pizza place might text to…
Icelandic Ebooks and Audiobooks Posted by sequoia on Mar 9, 2012
Remember a previous post where I said I hadn’t found any Icelandic Ebooks? I’ve now found a lot (relatively) of things. So, this will be another “full of links post”. Note: Unfortunately most of these are only available to someone living in Iceland or another Nordic country (or someone with nice contacts there). In Iceland…
Holidays Posted by sequoia on Feb 22, 2012
I have so many things to write about that I didn’t know what to pick, but how about learning about Iceland’s current three-day holiday streak? The first day is Bun Day (Bolludagur), the next is Sprengidagur (Fat Tuesday/Mardi Gras), and then today’s day is Ash Day (Öskudagur). On Bun Day, something that has been going…