i’ve been wondering.
were
greenland and iceland
somehow
mixed up in the naming process?
was the paperwork confusing?
did no one
catch the error until it was too late?
did someone
not have their glasses on?
was there a translation issue?
why did they not fix it ?
my theory is
that it would have been
too expensive and too much bother
to change all of the logos on the cocktail napkins
once they had already been printed.
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image credits: dailyenglish.in.th
You’re right Beth ! Same problem with the Red, Black and Yellow seas, they are all blue ! ❤
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ha! so true, ralph )
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Now that’s funny, along with your line about not having their glasses. I think I’d rather Iceland, I’ll just keep my eyes closed when I see their signs! 😀
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i so agree, great solution, jen and thanks!
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Nothing like sticking to your mistakes once you make them, huh? What’s that old line? “We are going the wrong way, but we are making good time.”
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perfect and so funny!
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If I remember correctly, Iceland was named Iceland in order to keep outsiders away – no one wants to go to a place full of ice, right? – and Greenland was named Greenland in order to attract settlers. I suppose when all one had to go on was word of mouth, such deception could be pretty effective. However, your cocktail logo theory is an intriguing one. 😉
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so crazy! it’s all in the p.r. –
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I’ve always wondered that too! Perhaps the names were given aspirationally? And I love Joni Mitchell!
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yes, wishful thinking? and me too –
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Being Canadian, I used to tell my American friends that there are no polar bears in Toronto!
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ha! so funny –
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Reblogged this on Smorgasbord – Variety is the spice of life and commented:
a blog with an observation on life and this amused me very much and got me wondering too….
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thanks for the reblog – i just found it a hilarious mystery, one of the ironies of the world – )
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This is on par with the whole driveway/parkway thing. You park on a driveway, park on a driveway. It also reminded me of that person who said, “Why didn’t they just call the seahorse carrying the babies the female?” Why make that the male?
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such good questions, kersey – and life is infinitely funny when humans are involved )
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The story I heard in Iceland was that this was very deliberate. They originally survived on their cod fishing industry and it was the Icelanders who named both countries. In an attempt to discourage others from over-running Iceland (greener) and diminishing their cod, they named these land-bodies to get others to pass Iceland by in order to get to the more promisingly-named Greenland.
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That’s pretty much the story I heard, but it was the Europeans – Norwegians? that did the naming
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That’s probably correct – The Norwegians may have been what I heard. I think it’s explained in that big, beautiful museum about the history of Iceland in Reykjavik.
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those norwegians are always causing all kinds of trouble…..)
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but we’re not naming names…….)
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illogically logical )
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♫Beth I hear you calling♫
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‘but i can’t come home right now……’ )
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heh heh heh… ever get sick of people singing that song to you?
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Never )
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♫ me and the boys are playin’ ♫ (ok, there are no boys)
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))
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Iceland is on our list. Did you see the Walter Mitty film? Talk about beauty and starkness, sheesh.
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no, i haven’t seen the film, but it does look amazingly beautiful.
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Too hilarious, along with the stories your commenters made about the naming. They didn’t have their glasses on (ha ha) but did have their it seems their hinking caps on, depending if you like the naming stories. 😀 😀 😀
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i love the stories too, tess )
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What a great and amusing question. Now you’ve got me thinking which is often a quite unsettling experience
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uh, oh. thinking again…….)
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Brought to you by the same people who named the parkway and the driveway. 🙂
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yes! )
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Hahahahahaha, I know which one I would prefer – who knows what they were thinking.
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me too! )
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I’ve read it was a deliberate choice too. What’s in a name, after all?
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exactly!
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an enigma! thanks for pointing this out…kinda reminds me of what I do, too? point stuff out! 😉 hilarious!!
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yes, this is right up your alley, susie )
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Well done! That made me laugh.
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thanks, jim. always happy to offer you a good laugh )
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I think you’re right, either that, or the people who did the naming were just having a good laugh. Then again, if they were politicians they may have just been plain crazy and not been aware enough to tell the difference.
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any and all possibilities are on the table )
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I love irony and you caught a good one! 🙂
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me too, and thanks, lorna )
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The way you wrote this was hilarious, Beth! Loved the photos and your clever little poem/thoughts here. I also am chuckling and liking all the funny comments, too.
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thanks, robin. and i always love the comments too )
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Great pics Beth – and very funny question.
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I wondered that as a kid when my dad first told me and it’s taken all these years to have an answer! You’re a public service. 🙂
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Who knew?!
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I always wonder why the South Downs are called downs when they are hills and are clearly up!
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Same logic )
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I think you’re onto something there. 🙂
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hopefully )
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I understand. Thanks!
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glad to clear that up, ann )
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My father told me that when the Vikings discovered these islands, they named them this way on purpose to discourage outsiders from moving to the nicer island. Who knows if that’s true, though.
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he might be right, this seems to be the consensus.
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Ha! I’ve wondered the same thing. Many times.
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one of life’s big questions –
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I’ve wondered the same thing! Big blooper for them to have missed.
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the more i learn, the more i think it was done for a reason – pr for both locations. to draw people or to keep them away. funny.
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Right? I think so too, who knows how many persons it took sitting around a big conference table to decide this for a marketing gimmick!
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absolutely –
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*haha* funny 🙂 Never thought about this until now!
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sometimes we just adapt to things and forget how funny they really are. )
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Love the Joni Mitchell quote… it sounds like something she would say!
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absolutely )
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That’ so cute and witty!
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thanks! )
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Well, they couldn’t very well name either of them ‘Mauveland’, without committing an anachronism, could they?
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ha!
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