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Icelandic has got to be one of the hardest languages to pronounce. Sounds like a fucking nightmare to learn!

it is and they're very proud of that.

it'd be awesome if everyone there spoke english as a 2nd language... i'd love to visit. wouldn't want a tour guide and wouldn't want to learn the language... way too hard a language to learn... words are too long to read and sound out correctly...
 

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it is and they're very proud of that.

it'd be awesome if everyone there spoke english as a 2nd language... i'd love to visit. wouldn't want a tour guide and wouldn't want to learn the language... way too hard a language to learn... words are too long to read and sound out correctly...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland#Language

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English is widely spoken as a secondary language. Danish is also widely understood and spoken. Studying both languages is a mandatory part of the compulsory school curriculum.[103] Other commonly spoken languages are German, Norwegian and Swedish. Danish is mostly spoken in a way largely comprehensible to Swedes and Norwegians—it is often referred to as skandinavíska (i. e. Scandinavian) in Iceland.[104]
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland#Language

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English is widely spoken as a secondary language. Danish is also widely understood and spoken. Studying both languages is a mandatory part of the compulsory school curriculum.[103] Other commonly spoken languages are German, Norwegian and Swedish. Danish is mostly spoken in a way largely comprehensible to Swedes and Norwegians—it is often referred to as skandinavíska (i. e. Scandinavian) in Iceland.[104]
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this, you'll have a hard time finding someone below the age of 50 on Iceland who doesn't speak english. I've never met one myself.
 

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland#Language

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English is widely spoken as a secondary language. Danish is also widely understood and spoken. Studying both languages is a mandatory part of the compulsory school curriculum.[103] Other commonly spoken languages are German, Norwegian and Swedish. Danish is mostly spoken in a way largely comprehensible to Swedes and Norwegians—it is often referred to as skandinavíska (i. e. Scandinavian) in Iceland.[104]
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fantastic! hitting it up as a vacation spot in the future :)
 

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Nice video. But I may have to call shens, given that this is the first time I have ever seen anything even remotely resembling green in an Iceland video.

Iceland is green and Greenland is Ice . THE minny ice age of 1300AD isn't nearly has tiny as people believe because of the history books. Greenland was Green befor this period hence the name. This Period is almost uncomprendable in regaurd to what were taught.
 

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Look like a shitty place to visit.

In the middle of the summer and people still wear sweater and jackets. It is a windy place with no trees. The foods would taste like shit as well, because it is unlikely that they use herbs in their cuisine.

we've been on vacation to a lot of warm places, nice beaches, cruising and porting at hot spots on either side of our continent. But our favorite has been Alaska because it's a completely different experience. It feels like you're in a real desolate place completely alone (when you're not), a place that you can feel anything but crowded, and there's that air that is unlike any other. Stand in front of a glacier and the term dwarf comes to mind. We kayak'd among the mist of a completely calm lake with Mendenhall Glacier in our view, saw some bald eagles, and heard a lot of peaceful silence. This is what the atmosphere seems to be like when you're in Iceland. It seems like a real nice place to actually vacation, even if you're not going to be in a bathing suit every day.
 
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Spike

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My wife and I plan to head back to iceland next year. The food is great (I ate whale and puffin!), the people are awesome, and the terrain is freaking cool. I can't wait to drag my parents with us for there first time leaving the continent. They love Alaska so Iceland is the next logical step... minus the trees :)
 

Broheim

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Icelandic is what English used to sound like before the French pussyfied it.

no icelandic is pretty close to what the english would hear right before they'd have their asses kicked and women raped by my ancestors...
 

Broheim

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Icelandic has got to be one of the hardest languages to pronounce. Sounds like a fucking nightmare to learn!

nah it's not that hard, but then again Danish isn't exactly an easy language either:hmm:
 
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WelshBloke

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Look like a shitty place to visit.

In the middle of the summer and people still wear sweater and jackets. It is a windy place with no trees. The foods would taste like shit as well, because it is unlikely that they use herbs in their cuisine.


Your sense of adventure and openness to new experiences is epic. :thumbsup:

Enjoy your life, try not to make it too small though eh?
 

0roo0roo

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they banned strip clubs, so not so kewl.

lesbian prime minister...the bad kind.
 

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Nice video. But I may have to call shens, given that this is the first time I have ever seen anything even remotely resembling green in an Iceland video.

umm

http://www.google.com/search?q=icel...8CYzEgAed1-HpBQ&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1332&bih=960

also this has been a joke for decades

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DrPizza

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Nice video. But I may have to call shens, given that this is the first time I have ever seen anything even remotely resembling green in an Iceland video.

Name your country "Iceland" and people who you don't want around tend to stay away from its lush greenness. Name your country "Greenland" and try to sucker in some people to come visit you on your big chunk of ice.
 

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Name your country "Iceland" and people who you don't want around tend to stay away from its lush greenness. Name your country "Greenland" and try to sucker in some people to come visit you on your big chunk of ice.

Well its working cuz they are losing population...
 

iGas

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Your sense of adventure and openness to new experiences is epic. :thumbsup:

Enjoy your life, try not to make it too small though eh?
Everyone entitle to their opinion.

I have been to Alaska, as well as Yukon/North West Territories, and the only thing that it have to offer are hot spring and cold wind where ever there are no trees.

PS. Please take a trip to Iceland, the EU, North America, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and SE Asia then come back and give me a full report of your adventure.
 
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Locut0s

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Everyone entitle to their opinion.

I have been to Alaska, as well as North West Territory, and the only thing that it have to offer are hot spring and cold wind where ever there are no trees.

PS. Please take a trip to Iceland, the EU, North America, Central America, Australia, New Zealand, Asia, and SE Asia then come back and give me a full report of your adventure.

Friend of my fathers took a trip to the Arctic circle with his wife. They really enjoyed it but I have no fricken clue why. I get it that the desolation is beautiful,... and then what? I'd much rather go back to south east Asia!