# Is there any realistic danger to Europe from Icelandic Volcanos? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 17, 2010, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491 "2010-04-17T23:10:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Khaki\_Campbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9de053/32.png) [@Khaki\_Campbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khaki_Campbell)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/21 "2010-04-20T06:03:53Z")
[Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.ogg) it is. Basically, you just have to pronounce very fast all the letters of the alphabet that are _not_ in the name 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AClockworkMelon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aclockworkmelon/32/10803_2.png) [@AClockworkMelon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AClockworkMelon)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 6:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/22 "2010-04-20T06:14:28Z")
> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#): > > [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.ogg) it is. I burst into laughter when I heard that. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/23 "2010-04-20T12:33:35Z")
Reminds me of some Australian zoo’s website that had a button that said “Click here to hear a Tasmanian Devil.” So I clicked it and I heard
 a zookeeper say “Tasmanian Devil” (in a thick Australian accent, of course). ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2010, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/24 "2010-04-20T12:35:53Z")
> [@Khaki\_Campbell](#): > > [Here](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eyjafjallaj%C3%B6kull.ogg) it is. AY-uh-fyul-lug. Only say it with a bunch of marshmallows in your mouth. More or less. ---
**Author:** ![Cheshire\_Human](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Cheshire\_Human](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheshire_Human)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/25 "2010-04-21T05:13:32Z")
> [@slaphead](#): > > Um, no. It isn’t. Allow the dust to break down chemically over the course of a few years/centuries/millennia, and then you might have some soil. Usually you need some organic material into the mix as well. No, soil is rock dust. Ask a geologist. That’s the definition. It may have organics in it, but that’s not what makes it “soil”. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/26 "2010-04-21T06:17:09Z")
Ehyaflailgug! ---
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/27 "2010-04-21T11:58:15Z")
EYA-uh-f’yall-uh-YOK-ull. Or “I, a fyalla yokel” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2010, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491/28 "2010-04-21T12:08:26Z")
Aye-ah-fiell-ah-jĂ»-cool. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-realistic-danger-to-europe-from-icelandic-volcanos/536491.md?page=1)