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What American writers, if any, are popular in Iceland? Or that you like? Have you seen the movie "Cold Fever"? How much of a problem is there with neo-Nazis in Iceland, or others of their ilk? Can I come to your apartment and hang out drinking until about midnight, and then we could head out to a bar?
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Apr 27, 2013 03:24
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Cool about the neo-nazis being so heavily sidelined, along with racists in general. I've been to Iceland two times and had a loving amazing time each time. I want to create a country that's Iceland on one side and Costa Rica on the other. It would rule. Tropical vikings, man. It'll be where it's at. A friend of mine was staying at a hotel-- this was eighteen or so years ago-- and thumbing through his Icelandic phrasebook at the front desk every day, trying to ask about taxis and exchange rate and suchlike. The guy would patiently wait for him to ask the question, and then slowly tell him the reply so my friend could figure it out, or he'd just point on a map or give him a phone number. After a week of this, my friend accidentally spoke to him in English, and the guy responded in perfect English. He had just assumed my friend wanted to practice his Icelandic and let him flounder through it. And yes, watch Cold Fever. Excellent movie.
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Apr 27, 2013 20:58
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Deceitful Penguin posted:
It's about a Japanese guy who has to go to Iceland to perform the Shinto rituals for his parents death. He speaks no Icelandic and almost no English. He nearly dies a few times. It's great! Á Köldum Klaka is the original name of it.
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Apr 27, 2013 21:24
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WAFFLEHOUND posted:Í enskt "gammeldanks" er eitt frákendur máliđ Thanks, good poo poo, I hadn't heard this before.
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Jul 3, 2013 00:58
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I have kind of a broad question: I last hung out in Iceland about 20 years ago. What's changed since then, culturally? I'm specifically interested in how social media has affected the reserve of Icelanders, and the drink-until-midnight-in-the-apartment-then-go-out-to-the-club/bar stuff.
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Jun 15, 2015 21:26
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