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ConcernedCanuk

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7. OK ok ok - here is my answer.

Reply to MADem (Reply #4)

Sat Mar 30, 2013, 08:04 AM

Mar 2013

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sumwhere around 400AD I believe it was the Norsemen discovered both Iceland and Greenland.

Iceland was the nicer one, those thermal vents with hot springs and everything,

but the Norsemen decided to misname the islands to discourage mass immigration to Iceland.

It worked.

Here's a wiki link,

doesn't agree with what I believe,

but an interesting read just the same

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Iceland

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per dixiegrrrrl's suggestion - NEW trivia question - Why is Iceland called Iceland, [View all] ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 OP

I'm not sure about Iceland's name. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2013 #1

One explanation..... MADem Mar 2013 #2

Right - that is ONE explanation ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #3

Well, you young whippersnapper--I think Peggy and meself have read a book or two in our lives as MADem Mar 2013 #4

LOL MADem - at 62, bein called young is sorta ok! ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #5

OK ok ok - here is my answer. ConcernedCanuk Mar 2013 #7

Without looking anything up, SheilaT Mar 2013 #6