tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129085.post110419657371795766..comments2023-10-26T12:19:49.542+00:00Comments on Iceland Eyes: an Original Icelandic Photojournal Since 2004: ÞorláksmessaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129085.post-1104269208009584972004-12-28T21:26:00.000+00:002004-12-28T21:26:00.000+00:00Happy Holidays as well!
And thank you for the phon...Happy Holidays as well!<br />And thank you for the phonetic translation (as well as the meaning behind the word.) I love learning new stuff - never know when it might come in handy. ::smiles::Cyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974594956147673521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129085.post-1104257099624493642004-12-28T18:04:00.000+00:002004-12-28T18:04:00.000+00:00Hi Cy. Happy Holidays! The first letter is a Þ, wh...Hi Cy. Happy Holidays! The first letter is a <I>Þ</I>, which looks like a P trying to hold it's bump up. It makes a <I>Th</I> sound like in ba<I>th</I>. The <I>á</I> makes an <I>ow</I> sound. So, phonetically, the word is <I>Thorlowks messa</I>. <I>Messa</I> means mass, and the 12th century bishop Þorlák Þorláksson was Iceland's first saint, whose bones were 'taken up' in 1198 and made holy. His mass, then, is celebrated on the evening before Christmas Eve.Iceland Eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10970069641161279316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129085.post-1104253620153409562004-12-28T17:07:00.000+00:002004-12-28T17:07:00.000+00:00How in the world do you pronounce that word?How in the world do you pronounce that word?Cyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01974594956147673521noreply@blogger.com