Comments on: Icelandic idioms

By: David Loftus

David Loftus — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 20:30:11 +0000

11 pounds is good. But who wants to paddle that far?

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:34:11 +0000

I did forget you were in the UK. In that case, getting to Iceland is cheap! There are regularly fares for 11 pounds. If you know where to look…

By: Brian Dolton

Brian Dolton — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:06:29 +0000

You forget; I’m in the UK. Therefore Iceland is merely very expensive, rather than frighteningly expensive. It makes it a “long weekend” kind of option in late spring or early autumn. Maybe next year…

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:47:43 +0000

Go in the off-season. You can get roundtrip fares out of NYC for $250. Of course, Iceland itself is frighteningly expensive.

By: Brian Dolton

Brian Dolton — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:28:04 +0000

Thanks for the idiomatic translations.

I’d love to go to Iceland sometime, I must admit. To actually see places like Thingvellir and the settings for all the sagas (I have many sagas…) would be very, very cool.

By: Mary Robinette Kowal

Mary Robinette Kowal — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 16:09:15 +0000

Brian: I added rough meanings to them, instead of just translations.

Irene: Iceland is fantastic. If it weren’t this wouldn’t even be a discussion. We haven’t even been here for two months yet.

By: Phyllis Irene Radford

Phyllis Irene Radford — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 15:19:49 +0000

My s-i-l will be in Iceland for 6 months starting January 1. She’s doing research on a Fullbright and really looking forward to getting back into the field after 5 years as a dean. She loves Iceland.

By: Brian Dolton

Brian Dolton — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 12:58:10 +0000

I really, really like the first one.

Quite what some of the others are trying to convey, I’m not entirely sure.