# Errr.. does anyone speak Icelandic? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 22, 2009, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016 "2009-04-22T20:39:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016/81 "2009-04-28T05:27:41Z")
Sometimes when I read the Dope, I think: Did I just eat some magic mushrooms, and not know it? ---
**Author:** ![mangeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d78d45/32.png) [@mangeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mangeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016/82 "2009-04-28T12:45:07Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Sometimes when I read the Dope, I think: Did I just eat some magic mushrooms, and not know it? The ghost of Dr. Leary is here, and he’s putting stuff in our drinking water. He wants his head back. ---
**Author:** ![Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/58956e/32.png) [@Hadrian\_s\_Wall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hadrian_s_Wall)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016/83 "2009-04-29T03:55:57Z")
I doubt it, he’s too busy making cute acronyms, like SMI2LE Sigh… Those were the good ole days, before I was born… ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016/84 "2009-04-29T12:59:16Z")
> [@Xema](#): > > I’m all for apostrophes, so long as they are used responsibly. I think we all understand the carnage that can ensue when they aren’t. that’s why in Canada, we have an apostrophe registry, and strict controls on who can acquire them. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2009, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016/85 "2009-04-29T13:28:51Z")
> [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](#): > > Sometimes when I read the Dope, I think: Did I just eat some magic mushrooms, and not know it? You haven’t bought that cover story about “Dope” meaning information, have you? ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016/86 "2009-05-06T06:04:55Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > that’s why in Canada, we have an apostrophe registry, and strict controls on who can acquire them. Of course, in Québec, there’s the _Régie des accoutrements orthographiques_, which regulates not only apostrophes, but also accents, diereses, and cedillas. There is some controversy regarding the overlap between the Québec and federal registries, with the result that occasionally someone falls through the cracks, as happened to one Robert Ménard. M. Ménard was unable to secure enough _accents aigus_ for a project, and the rules prohibited him from transferring accents from English text (primarily the word ‘café’), so he had to improvise with Heavy Metal Umlauts from Häagen Dasz ice-cream containers and an old Blue Öyster Cult album he found in the basement. So the moral is, always be prepared! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/errr-does-anyone-speak-icelandic/494016.md?page=4)