Monday 19 April 2010

Eyjafjallajökull


Anyone care to guess how that might be pronounced?

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  1. Anonymous19 April 2010 at 20:05

    Iyafyajerkel
    Anonjan

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  2. Snacking on Corrie19 April 2010 at 23:59

    Dear Anonymous, that pronunciation is too complicated for my simple ears! From wikipedia, my one authoritative nickel research source on anything and everything, it sounds like:

    Ehy-vaa-za-oorkh

    Thanks Dishwasher Crab. The news here on this side of the pond hasn't mentioned the name of our blowing, glowing volcano phenomenon probably because no one here including the newsreaders would get the pronunciation right. But sure enough due to the airline holdups, it's the top newsstory.

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  3. Dishwasher Crab20 April 2010 at 09:47

    Anonjan - Well done, I think you've cracked it!

    Snacky - nice to know that your newsreaders even try to say the name. Here they pronounce it as "theicelandicvolcano", which I don't think is entirely correct.

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  4. Anonymous21 April 2010 at 15:35

    "Bjork!" - that's how you pronounce it.....

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  5. Anonymous21 April 2010 at 22:08

    I did Swedish at uni you know.
    not that that is Swedish....
    ps is it falling on you - it's falling on us
    Anonjan

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  6. Dishwasher Crab23 April 2010 at 16:37

    Hello Cheadle, how are you? 'Bjork' is probably more the sound a burping volcano makes, rather than the actual name of the volcano.

    Good luck for Tuesday night! If I see the Cheadle Lushes at the match tomorrow I'll encourage them to go and support you, maybe even bring their famous banner along.

    Anon, no I didn't know you spoke Swedish. I'm impressed!

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  7. Pork Chop27 April 2010 at 15:05

    Ah, well you see, I happen to know that Anonjan is a master of many languages, she speaks fluent Double Dutch you know. She's also a bit of a Dr Doolittle in catspeak too.

    Did you know that you are bouncing again my dear Crab, and I don't think it's with excitement.

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  8. Anonymous27 April 2010 at 19:02

    I could just say Mow purr.
    But instead I'll ask what Corrie is like now.
    I don't see it, but I remember Martha Longhurst dying in the Rovers' snug
    I cannot remember how Ena Sharples and Minnie Caldwell eventually bought it though....
    Anonjan

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  9. Dishwasher Crab28 April 2010 at 12:14

    Hello Ladies! Sorry about the Bouncing Crab thing - it seems to be a permanent state for me these days, doesn't it?

    I imagine dying quietly in your favourite pub is rather a nice way to go - unless of course you'd just got a round in, in which case it would be a bit of a waste.

    I don't remember the demise of the other two either, I think I was living in a non-Corrie country by then.

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  10. Snacking on Corrie30 April 2010 at 06:29

    Hi there, my 2 cents about Corrie- right now a bunch of really odd pairings that will, in lovely Rita's words "all end in tears." More interesting will be Blanche's funeral. Wow, now that I think of it, Corrie is dragging a bit...suffering from not having someone like Blanche around. I really miss the "snap, crackle, pop" she brought to any scene she was in-- big or small. :-( {sigh!}

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