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minus-squaredb0linkfedilink16•edit-25 months agoI like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.
minus-square@TwanHE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink23•5 months agoWell the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.
minus-square@idiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink22•5 months agoNo, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest
minus-square@n7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish1•4 months agoNobody wants to go to Newfoundland I assure you.
minus-square@n7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoI was taught in public school that they called it Iceland to keep the British away and Greenland because if that was Greenland Iceland must really suck. 🇬🇱 🇮🇸
I like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.
Well the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.
No, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest
Nobody wants to go to Newfoundland I assure you.
I was taught in public school that they called it Iceland to keep the British away and Greenland because if that was Greenland Iceland must really suck. 🇬🇱 🇮🇸