I always thought that the names of those Islands were part of a medieval Norse land scheme to keep newcomers from coming to Iceland, and sell them worthless property in Greenland, but I was wrong about that.  When it was named parts of Greenland were actually green and probably as inviting as some of the less inviting parts of Norway.

On 8/22/2019 12:02 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote:
Am 22.08.19 um 17:06 schrieb William Robb:

Now you've done it. Now trunt will want Norway to give Iceland to the USA
as reparations.

OK, make thet Greenland instead of Iceland. I keep mixing up those two.

Ralf

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