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- proper noun A
glacier andvolcano in southernIceland .
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john commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Are there any speakers of Icelandic out there who could provide a pronunciation?
April 17, 2010
erinmckean commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
"Note to fellow journalists: Iceland is laughing at us. The evidence is in an article on an Icelandic Web site headlined simply, “Múhaha,” discussing our inability to pronounce the name of their volcano, Eyjafjallajökull (that’s “AYA-fyatla-jo-kutl,” according to NASA ... " The Lede
April 17, 2010
tigermouse88 commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
@john: done.
April 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Cool!
April 17, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Pronunciation from Rognvaldur Olafsson, chief inspector of Iceland's Civil Protection Agency: here.
April 17, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Eyjafjallajökull - You're doing it wrong!
April 19, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
I was a little disappointed, Pro, to discover that all of Italy's volcanoes (active and dormant) have boring names.
April 19, 2010
milosrdenstvi commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Stromboli???
April 20, 2010
john commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Nothing boring about Stromboli.
April 20, 2010
Prolagus commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
frog, I just pronounced a few. I think Cuccuruddu is quite interesting (at least for mollusque).
April 20, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Cuccuruddu is teh lollissimo, Pro. I take self-umbrage with my remarks about Italian volcano names.
April 20, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
April 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
Egads. I didn't realize that this would take up half the Zeitgeist page. Images usually appear as the word 'link' except on a word's own page. Sorry.
"JM is gobsmacked that frogapplause has taken up half the Zeitgeist page."
April 24, 2010
frogapplause commented on the word Eyjafjallajökull
"JM is gobsmacked that frogapplause has taken up half the Zeitgeist page."
April 25, 2010