I was taught in public school that they called it Iceland to keep the British away and Greenland because if that was Greenland Iceland must really suck. 🇬🇱 🇮🇸
That would require learning a piece of a language other than English …. He’d be an illegal immigrant, hardened criminal, gang member. That mascara is a sure sign of Tren de Aragua membership
Calling it Greenland was always a branding exercise.
I like to think of it more that the old Norse had a good sense of humor.
I was taught in public school that they called it Iceland to keep the British away and Greenland because if that was Greenland Iceland must really suck. 🇬🇱 🇮🇸
Well the guy was banished from Iceland IIRC, so he had a good reason to hype up this new found land.
Nobody wants to go to Newfoundland I assure you.
No, no, the newfound land is a scooch southwest
Vance in Las Vegas " Where the fuck are all the meadows?!?"
TIL what Las Vegas means. But apparently, there was originally some meadows there?
Las Vegas was lush and green when it was settled. As more people arrived, the spring water that kept it that way dried up
That would require learning a piece of a language other than English …. He’d be an illegal immigrant, hardened criminal, gang member. That mascara is a sure sign of Tren de Aragua membership