white people who are incredibly enamored with the idea of Iceland and may have an idealized or inaccurate notion of what constitutes Icelandic culture and heritage.
This is not an unfamiliar concept: some non-Japanese people people fetishize Japanese culture, myths, and customs. Others fetishize Ireland, its legends (fairies, anyone?), and its landscape. This sort of thing is almost always done with an inaccurate understanding of the country and culture, and often with no discernible explanation for why that person, who has no real reason to claim the culture for their own, would decide to do so.
And recently, there's been a bizarre wave of people fetishizing Iceland.
Usually it's done by people who seem to think the entire country is populated by clones of Bjork and Jonsi Birgisson, and who don't realize the beautiful photographs of the Icelandic landscape are all taken during the spring, because there is no sunlight for most of the winter. Also this is a culture where fermented shark meat is part of the traditional fare and if you don't eat it people think you're a wimp. FETISHIZE THAT oh yeah baby, rub that shark meat all over my face. Love that cheesy ammonia smell.
This is not an unfamiliar concept: some non-Japanese people people fetishize Japanese culture, myths, and customs. Others fetishize Ireland, its legends (fairies, anyone?), and its landscape. This sort of thing is almost always done with an inaccurate understanding of the country and culture, and often with no discernible explanation for why that person, who has no real reason to claim the culture for their own, would decide to do so.
And recently, there's been a bizarre wave of people fetishizing Iceland.
Usually it's done by people who seem to think the entire country is populated by clones of Bjork and Jonsi Birgisson, and who don't realize the beautiful photographs of the Icelandic landscape are all taken during the spring, because there is no sunlight for most of the winter. Also this is a culture where fermented shark meat is part of the traditional fare and if you don't eat it people think you're a wimp. FETISHIZE THAT oh yeah baby, rub that shark meat all over my face. Love that cheesy ammonia smell.
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Smart people don't fuck with the Icelandic.
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The Icelandic alphabet:
A Á B D Ð E É F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó P R S T U Ú V Y Ý Þ Æ Ö
a á b d ð e é f g h i í j k l m n o ó p r s t u ú v y ý þ æ ö
An example of Icelandic:
Heyrðu, kemur þú í myndbandaleiguna á eftir, en ekki fyrr en klukkan fjögur vegna þess að ég er að fara í afmæli til ömmu minnar.
Translated:
Hey, are you coming to the video rental store later, but not until 4 o'clock because I'm going to my grandmother's birthday.
Another example:
Hvað gerðir þú um helgina?
Ég heimsótti systur mína og við horfðum á kvikmyndir til klukkan fimm um nótt.
translated:
What did you do this weekend?
I visited my sister and we watched movies to five o'clock.
I know it's stupid but it contains words that people often use in Iceland.
Another example:
Ég hata Jónu, hún sagði að ég væri tík og hóra!
Ég vona að hún fari til helvítis.
Translated:
I hate Joanne, she said that I was a bitch and a whore!
I hope she goes to hell.
Another example:
Sonur sæll, þegar þú ferð til ömmu þá segirðu "Góðan dag amma mín, en hvað þú ert falleg."
Svo verðurðu kurteis við hana vegna þess að hún býr ein heima hjá sér.
Translated:
Son, when you go to granny's you say "Good day grandma, you look beautiful today."
Then you will be nice to her because she lives alone.
Iceland is the small island east of Greenland and west of Norway in the upper-middle of the Antlantic-Ocean.
It's a part of Europe although it's half in it's still considered as being part of Europe.
The Icelandic alphabet:
A Á B D Ð E É F G H I Í J K L M N O Ó P R S T U Ú V Y Ý Þ Æ Ö
a á b d ð e é f g h i í j k l m n o ó p r s t u ú v y ý þ æ ö
An example of Icelandic:
Heyrðu, kemur þú í myndbandaleiguna á eftir, en ekki fyrr en klukkan fjögur vegna þess að ég er að fara í afmæli til ömmu minnar.
Translated:
Hey, are you coming to the video rental store later, but not until 4 o'clock because I'm going to my grandmother's birthday.
Another example:
Hvað gerðir þú um helgina?
Ég heimsótti systur mína og við horfðum á kvikmyndir til klukkan fimm um nótt.
translated:
What did you do this weekend?
I visited my sister and we watched movies to five o'clock.
I know it's stupid but it contains words that people often use in Iceland.
Another example:
Ég hata Jónu, hún sagði að ég væri tík og hóra!
Ég vona að hún fari til helvítis.
Translated:
I hate Joanne, she said that I was a bitch and a whore!
I hope she goes to hell.
Another example:
Sonur sæll, þegar þú ferð til ömmu þá segirðu "Góðan dag amma mín, en hvað þú ert falleg."
Svo verðurðu kurteis við hana vegna þess að hún býr ein heima hjá sér.
Translated:
Son, when you go to granny's you say "Good day grandma, you look beautiful today."
Then you will be nice to her because she lives alone.
Iceland is the small island east of Greenland and west of Norway in the upper-middle of the Antlantic-Ocean.
It's a part of Europe although it's half in it's still considered as being part of Europe.
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