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Benedict Arnold

Geyser anyone?

Category: Silly Questions.

Words from the Nordic countries that cannot be translated into one single word in English. Seems like the Icelandic doesn't seems to have a word within the same category like the rest of the Nordic countries. However, they already got their own word in English: Geyser! Will that be the reason? Here together with the Northern Lights.

Posted - March 1, 2017
Tags : language Silly Questions Geography Geyser Northern Lights Iceland

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  • Ha! From Urban Dictionary.
     A method used to get drunk fast, while remaining classy: Pour a large amount of hard alcohol into a cup, Grab cup with right hand and your bottle/can/container of chaser with your left. Chug the alcohol in the cup, immediately pour the chaser into the cup and chug that This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 1, 2017 4:55 PM MST
      March 1, 2017 10:01 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Bwahaha. Good one. This one was the only one not involving food or drinking at all. Lol.

    geyser
    /ˈɡiːzə,ˈɡʌɪzə/
    noun
    1. a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.
      March 1, 2017 10:12 AM MST
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  • I'm a geyzer but in Australia we spell it geezer. 
      March 1, 2017 3:27 PM MST
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  • 17261
    Bawhaha. Bad guardian angel, bad bad... Lol. ;-)

      March 3, 2017 6:18 AM MST
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  • Closer to one end than the other...
      March 3, 2017 12:07 PM MST
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  • 17261
    Hmm. Aren't we all? One way or another? But all are we in between. That sounds what we have to keep in mind. Let's enjoy the in between! Yes!
      March 3, 2017 2:18 PM MST
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  • 3523
    Yeah, I feel a gusher coming on.
      March 1, 2017 8:07 PM MST
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  • 17261
    Hmm. I'm rather sure that's not from the Icelandic understanding of the word geyser... ;-)

      March 3, 2017 6:20 AM MST
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  • 3523
    OOOOOOoooo yeeeeeaaaahhhh.  Thanks for that.  I feel so much better now.
      March 3, 2017 7:03 AM MST
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  • 17261
    Oil is such a dirty business. Might be profitable but it's not something for me. Now a geyser on the other hand, that's a beautiful view. Mhmm.
      March 3, 2017 7:20 AM MST
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  • Hey! You did change your avatar. It's like welcoming a new person to aM. :)
      March 3, 2017 2:24 PM MST
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  • 3523
    Yes, Didge, it's me just two weeks ago, traveling through the southern US.  We had a great time, camping out half the time and visiting relatives the other half.
      March 3, 2017 8:11 PM MST
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  • Sounds good. We used to love to camp but the body's a bit too stiff these days.
      March 3, 2017 8:25 PM MST
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