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Monday 9 July 2018

A stupidly large landslide with a stupidly long name

Iceland needs all its names anglicised.

May was the wettest on record in Reykjavik, and June was no better, suffering the lowest number of hours of sunshine in June in recorded history. Thus, it seems likely that the landslide was a consequence of the high levels of recent rainfall.
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3 comments:

  1. Dan Weese9 July 2018 at 21:38

    It's not all that hard. Fagra skógar fjall . Beautiful forest mountain.

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  2. Rhys Taylor10 July 2018 at 12:01

    Bah, they should have sensible, simple names like Llanfairpwyllgwn.... actually, never mind.

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  3. Dan Weese10 July 2018 at 15:21

    Rhys Taylor Heh. Welsh is a fine language. For Ents.

    Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch

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