FROM BAD TO NORSE

by Robin Boothroyd

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From Bad to Norse

Icelandic is tough
I can’t seem to
wrap my tongue
around the eth
and the thorn
although I can
utter ‘Ég tala
ekki íslensku’
meaning ‘I don’t
speak Icelandic’

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