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submitted 5 months ago by Blaze@reddthat.com to c/pics@lemmy.world

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[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 44 points 5 months ago (2 children)

In Iceland it's a commonly accepted reason to stay home. Volcano-leave, we call it.

[–] afraid_of_zombies@lemmy.world 37 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Do you guys have a 16 letter word for it that sounds like a Klingon trying to speak French?

[–] JehovasThickness@lemmy.world 42 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, Hraunflæðisorlof

[–] Enkrod@feddit.de 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

[–] CherenkovBlue@lemmy.myserv.one 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ooh! Orlof -> Urlaub in German. Languages are fun!

[–] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago

The more languages you learn the more our monkey sounds seem the same.

[–] Cosmicomical@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Cool, a close second place to my favourite of being bitten by a scorpion

[–] andros_rex@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

Which makes me wonder - getting stung by a scorpion makes more sense than getting bitten?

(From that same list, my favorite was “brewing beer.”)