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  • Word Of The Issue: What The Fokk Are You Looking At?

    Word Of The Issue: What The Fokk Are You Looking At?

    The Grapevine’s Guide To Sounding Icelandic, One Word At A Time Unless you don’t go outside, you will hear tons of Icelanders generously using the word fokk. Icelanders, especially younger ones, are keen on using this at times that English speakers would…

  • The Origins Of “Fokk”

    The Icelandic word “fokk” is used much like its English equivalent, but that was not always the case, research has shown. Anyone familiar with colloquial Icelandic is likely aware that Icelanders like to use the word “fokk”, which is used in much…

  • May Your Urine Burn, You Cowardly Goat!

    May Your Urine Burn, You Cowardly Goat!

    There are a lot of progress barometers when you are learning a new language, but for me, I’ve always been of the mind that you can’t count yourself as truly fluent in a language until you can effectively swear in it. And…