Lunamor she/her Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 This is a petition to switch the names of Iceland and Greenland because they make no sense. Greenland is very icy and Iceland is very green. Sign the petition if you agree that some name changing is in order. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shard of Reading he/him Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 My dad actually knows why there names are like that. It was marketing by erik the red. (He was a viking and wanted people to come to his colony.) He called it that so people would get to iceland and say: "Oh wow this is green, but it's called iceland. Imagine how green greenland will be!" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truthless of Shinovar he/him Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 But if we do that the Vikings won’t be able to trick people into going to the wrong island! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Experience he/him Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 But I've already learned that they are the opposite of their names! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danex he/him Posted October 19, 2020 Report Share Posted October 19, 2020 Quote Vikings did not name Iceland "Iceland" as a ploy to discourage others from settling it. Naddodd and Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson both saw snow and ice on the island when they traveled there, giving the island its name.[181] Greenland, on the other hand, was named in the hope that it would help attract settlers.[182][183][184] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearer of all agonies he/him Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 I dessent! No, acually, I voted for them to swith. Just because. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunamor she/her Posted October 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 Welp, my petition seems to have backfired. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearer of all agonies he/him Posted October 20, 2020 Report Share Posted October 20, 2020 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shard of Reading he/him Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 On 10/19/2020 at 2:41 PM, Danex said: Vikings did not name Iceland "Iceland" as a ploy to discourage others from settling it. Naddodd and Hrafna-Flóki Vilgerðarson both saw snow and ice on the island when they traveled there, giving the island its name.[181] Greenland, on the other hand, was named in the hope that it would help attract settlers.[182][183][184] Well pretty much. Greenland was still marketing. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orlion Blight he/him Posted October 21, 2020 Report Share Posted October 21, 2020 They should not switch names because control freaks hyperfixated on making everything "sensical" and standardize discourse accordingly must learn to accept that they are not, were not, nor ever will be, the measure of the world. (IoW, they need to be knocked down a few pegs! ) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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