Iceland volcano spews 150 foot wall of fire

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It’s pronounced exactly like it’s spelled. :slightly_smiling_face:

English needs to start using “Þ” again, such a handy character. I blame the Normans. :roll_eyes:

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RobWords and I agree with you re: the thorn.

Not quite. Icelandic inserts an alveolar tap in the “rn” and the “ll” digraphs, so it would be more like Thorrbjardnarfedl

(Using double r to represent the more rolled r pronunciation in Icelandic, and single l for consonant shortness in ll)

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Having spent far too long back in the day learning how to pronounce Eyjafjallajökull (mostly I think to annoy my newsreader sister in law) I approve of this message.

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Interaction of magma and ground water.

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normans

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