Letter from Iceland #69
The Little Book of Icelandic—those Headscratchers!
Hæhó!
Today from the Little Book of Icelandic*, a selection of words that seem to be unique to our nation, and that are really hard to translate into other languages, possibly because they express something unique to the culture. That being said, I cannot for the life of me grasp why calling an adorable child an “asshole” would be specific to Icelandic, but what do I know! 🤷♀️
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