# Icelandic **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 3, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998 "2000-08-03T16:02:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/1 "2000-08-03T16:02:09Z")
Anyone hear speak Icelandic? ---
**Author:** ![UncleBeer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/977dab/32.png) [@UncleBeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBeer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/2 "2000-08-03T16:11:27Z")
I haven’t seen Björn around for a while. Of course, while he spoke Icelandic, I’m not sure he understood it. ---
**Author:** ![Skummet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Skummet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skummet)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2000, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/3 "2000-08-03T16:11:43Z")
ssskuggiii is part islandic isnt she? you might wanna ask her 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/4 "2000-08-04T02:44:15Z")
I’m half Icelandic. I can probably do a rough translation, but I speak little Icelandic. I understand a great bit. What do you want to know? I might be able to answer it or ask my mother about it. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/5 "2000-08-04T03:33:32Z")
Where _is_ bj0rn?? I miss the incomprehensible little bugger. ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/6 "2000-08-04T03:43:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by UncleBeer \* > \*\*I haven’t seen Björn around for a while. Of course, while he spoke Icelandic, I’m not sure he understood it. \*\* My students were taking their final exam when I read this. I’m sitting in the front of the room, and I go “_Ha!_” rather loudly. They looked at me funny, then went back to their tests. So, I’m a weird instructor. Get over it. :::still chuckling::: ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/7 "2000-08-04T03:46:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ssskuggiii \* > **I can probably do a rough translation** Please pronounce and define: ssskuggiii When I try it, it sounds like a snake with a burp caught in it’s throat. ---
**Author:** ![nashiitashii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7c8e57/32.png) [@nashiitashii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nashiitashii)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/8 "2000-08-04T04:21:59Z")
well, a definition?: skuggi means shadow. pronunciation: sk-oog-ee [oo like in good] ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/9 "2000-08-04T14:30:20Z")
When I was at the Roskilde Festival this year (I survived) I met some people from Iceland. When they heard I was from Sweden they said - Astrid Lindgren sover aldrig! (Astrid Lindgren never sleeps) Is this something national you learn in school **ssskuggiii?** ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/10 "2000-08-04T14:33:04Z")
spotted pit in the bj0rn just was. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/11 "2000-08-04T16:10:20Z")
I studied it for a little bit, but only met two native Icelanders to speak it with. Years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/12 "2000-08-04T16:19:40Z")
I’m trying to learn it now. I was _supposed_ to move to Iceland and study at the university for three years, but I ran out of money. ☹ MR ---
**Author:** ![labradorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3ec8ea/32.png) [@labradorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/labradorian)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/13 "2000-08-04T16:43:36Z")
I’m looking for the correct pronunciation of the word “Islendingur”, which is being mangled 19 different ways to Wednesday in this country. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2000, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icelandic/27998/14 "2000-08-04T20:02:22Z")
I speak Norwegian. When I look at Icelandic, I can get a pretty good idea of what Norwegian was like a thousand years ago. Then I get down on my knees and start thanking random deities that I didn’t live a thousand years ago.🙂