Alarms are beginning to sound a little less shrilly over the possibility of a big air-travel disrupting volcanic explosion under one of Iceland's glaciers.
I give this volcano high marks for its name, Bardarbunga. Not that I'm likely to be able to remember it an hour from now--except as some kind of mashup between Mordor and Cowabunga--but it sure beats Eyjafjallajokul.
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Your guide to pronunciation is right here. What could be easier to pronounce than Eyjafjallajokul?
(Apparently almost anything.)
You can get an audio on Google Translate, too. I don't understand the problem. It only took me a day to get sort of close on that.
Eric Hines
I had to laugh - the spousal unit flew out in the wee hours of the morning on Sunday... to the Bay area.
We heard about the earthquake on the way to the airport. Tomorrow he flies the other way (to Germany). I accused him of being Typhoid Mary in reverse - Bad Things Happen, and immediately he flies there :p
Iceland produces interesting products. Very different from the European or standard Western fare.
In the artistic sense.
I'm afraid I tend to remember it as Bunga-bunga
Close enough to 'badabing badabang badaboom' anyway.
It's Mount Bi-di-bip, Bi-di-bap, Bi-di-bop, Bi-di-boop.
Eric Hines
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