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f**king kreppa

Published on 19 January, 2009 By Vikingsson

Say Don, what’s a kreppa?  In old Norse and modern Icelandic it is the noun for “crisis”.  During these dark economic times the term is commonly used and in some circles it is a tiresome word.  A word that is perhaps too perfect.  The most common English curse word I heard in Iceland was used [...]

The Sting

Published on 28 October, 2008 By Vikingsson

Plenty has been writen about the global financial crisis and plenty is being written about an early casualty of that crisis, Iceland.  All my people that hate to hear me gush about Iceland and who know very little about it are now reminding me that Iceland is in trouble.  Almost as if to give me [...]