Letters to Leonhard the Mighty Lion: #2
Leonhard's second letter.
Character joint-owned by me and
Chuong; this time, I wrote the original letter, and he did the response.
Drumbums (C) me and me alone
Character joint-owned by me and
Chuong; this time, I wrote the original letter, and he did the response.Drumbums (C) me and me alone
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Chuong: Iceland; the country where fire meets ice! Very unique country too from the rest of the world.
Zax: Also the most isolated due to it's geography but they're open to new ideas.
Snowstorm: And then there's Greenland; very lonely there. Don't ask why Iceland is covered in green grass but Greenland is mostly rocks and ice.
Zax: Also the most isolated due to it's geography but they're open to new ideas.
Snowstorm: And then there's Greenland; very lonely there. Don't ask why Iceland is covered in green grass but Greenland is mostly rocks and ice.
Leonhard: There's a story for everything. Iceland got its name when a Viking named Hrafna-Flóki ran up a mountain, saw a fjord full of icebergs, and called the country Iceland. The name stuck. Even though the rumor back then was that Iceland was so fertile that “butter dripped from every blade of grass.” However, Iceland is green.
Liaanti: Whereas Greenland is mostly ice and rock.
Cripto: Do we know if Erik the Red had something to do with it?
Lennart: He did. He fled to what is now Greenland after he was banished from Iceland for killing three people in a feud. He named the island Greenland to attract other settlers to his new, frigid home.
Liaanti: Native Greenlanders call their country Kalaallit Nunaat. Which is Inuit for “Land of the People.” You can imagine they are not very happy that the rest of the world uses Erik the Red’s misnomer instead.
Source: https://cozycampers.is/2019/01/31/i.....greenland-ice/
Liaanti: Whereas Greenland is mostly ice and rock.
Cripto: Do we know if Erik the Red had something to do with it?
Lennart: He did. He fled to what is now Greenland after he was banished from Iceland for killing three people in a feud. He named the island Greenland to attract other settlers to his new, frigid home.
Liaanti: Native Greenlanders call their country Kalaallit Nunaat. Which is Inuit for “Land of the People.” You can imagine they are not very happy that the rest of the world uses Erik the Red’s misnomer instead.
Source: https://cozycampers.is/2019/01/31/i.....greenland-ice/
Chuong: Sounds like Erik the Red was a great troll in coming up with a plan to have the future use his misnomer forever.
Zax: So that's how those countries got their names! Must've been very awkward for the people of Greenland wondering why outsiders call their country that name.
Juno: So that explains why Iceland and Greenland are arguably among the top ten strangest countries on Earth. Now that's strange!
Zax: So that's how those countries got their names! Must've been very awkward for the people of Greenland wondering why outsiders call their country that name.
Juno: So that explains why Iceland and Greenland are arguably among the top ten strangest countries on Earth. Now that's strange!
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