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Submitted 2 months ago by BadmanDan@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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remon@ani.social 2 months ago
HuudaHarkiten@piefed.social 2 months ago
Do you see this hat? What kind of hat is it?
Shimitar@downonthestreet.eu 2 months ago
It’s fun when things don’t match up…
I love that Iceland and Greenland are kind of… Inverted geographically…
markz@suppo.fi 2 months ago
No.
Apepollo11@lemmy.world 2 months ago
The Saga of Erik the Red states: “In the summer, Erik left to settle in the country he had found, which he called Greenland, as he said people would be attracted there if it had a favourable name.”
swordgeek@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
sigh
Yanks.
celeste@kbin.earth 2 months ago
I actually adore it
HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 2 months ago
I’ve come to accept that a lot of things in life aren’t how they should have been when you look at them today. Swapped names are just the tip of the iceberg.
HubertManne@piefed.social 2 months ago
not really. its funny trivia thing. Honestly I feel like land is more an island thing and iceland feels to big for it. Feels like it should have some other name completely.
IWW4@lemmy.zip 2 months ago
No, Until 2025 I never gave either place any thought, and then all of a sudden dRump was talking invading.
AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Greenland has over ten times the area of non-glaciated land that Iceland does. So if you’re measuring “green” in terms of absolute area instead of percentages, the name fits.