MacadamiaAlison Scott: her switching journal, weblog, and stuff.(Untitled)- January 5, 2003 Only two common words in English come from Icelandic Interestingly, I discovered this from both the coffee table books I read this weekend while staying with my parents. The first, Iceland: The Warm Country of the North, by Sigurgeir Sigurjónsson and Torfi H. Tulinius, is a book of lovely pictures along with a little supportive text. It has the feel of the sort of book you buy at the airport when leaving your holiday destination, to remind you of how nice it all was. Just the thing to...http://www.kittywompus.com/macadamia/2003/01/05.html#a97 |