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   Al said, 2 months ago

   He must be brilliant if he can pass off a thesis by that name

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   Dora Dingle said, 2 months ago

   For those of you who do know, Revkjavik is the capital of Iceland.

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   hildigunnur said, 2 months ago

   haha, why not? (I live in Reykjavík fyi). If he studied here then np :D

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   Carmy said, 2 months ago

   He must have paid someone to write his thesis.

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   maybeinthenextworld said, 2 months ago

   John Irving had a character who specialized in Icelandic literature.

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   MisngNOLA said, 2 months ago

   Dora, for those who don’t know, what is the capital of Iceland? :)

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   Macushlalondra said, 2 months ago

   What’s wrong with writing about Iceland? Is it a boring country? I think it would be lovely in summer.

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   bald 716 said, 2 months ago

   now for the big question adam, what is your name??

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   Joe Allen Doty said, 2 months ago

   The capital of Iceland is also the letter “I.” And the capitol building of the country is in Revkjavik.

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    ColoradoRider said, 2 months ago

    I thought the capital of Iceland was the krona….

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    Susan001 said, 2 months ago

    Ireland is the richest country in the world.
    After all, its capital’s been Dublin for years!

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    fritzoid said, 2 months ago

    hildigunnur, is there any literature coming out of Iceland worth reading (in translation) these days? I’m always on the lookout for that sort of thing, but unless someone wins the Nobel for Literature, it’s tough to hear about it.

    Iceland has long been one of my fantasy “running away” destinations, but unfortunately I don’t eat fish. The same thing has kept me from New Orleans…

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    hendelca said, 2 months ago

    @fritzoid
    Don’t worry about not eating fish - Iceland has very thriving lamb and beef industries too. The best hambugers and hot dogs I have ever tasted were the ones I purchased from vendors in downtown Reykjavik.

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    fritzoid said, 2 months ago

    Is it still true that the Reykjavik telephone directory lists people alphabetically by their first names?

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    Ushindi said, 2 months ago

    That’s cheating, MisngNOLA, I was going to say that.

    (Great minds think alike, as they say)

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    Furienna said, 2 months ago

    Fritzoid: Yes, the Icelanders are listed by their first names, not their last names. As a matter of fact, they don’t really have last names, but only patronomica, names based on their father’s names. We had a similar custom over here in Sweden too until the 19th century.

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    hildigunnur said, 2 months ago

    Fritzoid, yep (about the phone book) and that’s not about to change. Literature - hmm let me check - there are some thrillers and such being translated if you want, Arnaldur Indriðason, and Yrsa Sigurðardóttir have English translations, the more “serious” authors tend to be translated to German rather than English. I found one book by Sjón on Amazon but haven’t read it myself. Ólafur Jóhann Ólafsson has also had some books translated, I think. Hallgrímur Helgason’s quite good, too and has at least one book in English.

    And don’t worry about only having to eat fish here, like Hendelca says we have all sorts of food + some excellent ethnic restaurants and everything ;)

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    MisngNOLA said, 2 months ago

    Fritzoid, by all means, go to New Orleans even if you don’t like fish. There are many wonderful restaurant which cook all sorts of non-sea creatures. Ruth’s Chris Steak House was started in Greater New Orleans for example (even though they’re not one of the best places in the city), and the Brennan family has many decent restaurants which serve all manner of entrees from beef dishes, pork, lamb, fowl, and even vegetarian fare. Chef Emeril Lagasse has Delmonico’s Steak House and several other restaurants, and Paul Prudhomme is another noted chef. If your tastes run a little cheaper, there are even such wonderful neighborhood places as Port O’Call, Lil’ DIzzy’s, Mother’s, and literally hundreds of other great places to eat not involving seafood.