laugardagur, apríl 14, 2007

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In Old Norse legal texts, a law that obtains everywhere is valid even "as far North as a Finn stands on a ski."

And there, things are:

dáppe here by me
dieppe there, over by you
duoppe over there
doppe way over there

The o gets longer and longer and the place gets further and further away. Doooooooooppe.

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