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minus-squaredb0@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-23 days agoI like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.
minus-squaren7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoI was taught in public school that they called it Iceland to keep the British away and Greenland because if that was Greenland Iceland must really suck. 🇬🇱 🇮🇸
minus-squareTwanHE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up23·3 days agoWell the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·3 days agoNo, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest
minus-squaren7gifmdn@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoNobody wants to go to Newfoundland I assure you.
I like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.
I was taught in public school that they called it Iceland to keep the British away and Greenland because if that was Greenland Iceland must really suck. 🇬🇱 🇮🇸
Well the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.
No, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest
Nobody wants to go to Newfoundland I assure you.