Comments on: Viking nicknames http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Harry http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5382 Harry Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:45:40 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5382 I really like Moleskines; they just feel nice to hold. I really like Moleskines; they just feel nice to hold.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5381 Dave Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:25:52 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5381 Aud/Unn the Deep-Minded is the only female included in this list. The few other female nicknames I ran across were along the lines of Helga the Fair and Thordis the Prophetess - not terribly colorful. Aud/Unn the Deep-Minded is the only female included in this list. The few other female nicknames I ran across were along the lines of Helga the Fair and Thordis the Prophetess – not terribly colorful.

]]> By: Lucy http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5380 Lucy Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:13:30 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5380 Aren't they terrific? I remember quite a few of these... Bjorn Butterbox is one of the most puzzling, and Thorarin Foal-brow is pretty, but there are so many crackers! Not many women there, wasn't there a Somebody the Fecund? Probably one of the few characteristics considered worthy of mention. Aren’t they terrific? I remember quite a few of these… Bjorn Butterbox is one of the most puzzling, and Thorarin Foal-brow is pretty, but there are so many crackers!
Not many women there, wasn’t there a Somebody the Fecund? Probably one of the few characteristics considered worthy of mention.

]]> By: SarahJ http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5379 SarahJ Tue, 07 Aug 2007 15:51:18 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5379 Those are terrific. We recently took a vacation in Denmark and I made up a list of fake place names - but these are real. And even funnier. thanks Those are terrific.
We recently took a vacation in Denmark and I made up a list of fake place names – but these are real. And even funnier.
thanks

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5378 Dave Mon, 06 Aug 2007 11:47:44 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5378 Thanks for the comments and notebook tips. I was considering a Moleskine simply because my favorite local bookstore now carries them. (I'm usually pretty lazy about ordering stuff online, especially since I have to borrow someone else's credit card to do so.) And for whatever reason I can't draft poems on lined paper; currently I am using a cheap sketchbook from a drugstore. Thanks for the comments and notebook tips. I was considering a Moleskine simply because my favorite local bookstore now carries them. (I’m usually pretty lazy about ordering stuff online, especially since I have to borrow someone else’s credit card to do so.) And for whatever reason I can’t draft poems on lined paper; currently I am using a cheap sketchbook from a drugstore.

]]> By: leslee http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5377 leslee Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:23:49 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5377 We called our boss where I used to work "Ida the Impaler." Check out the Miquelrius notebooks. That's what I use. I think they're cheaper than Moleskine and they have flexible rather than hard covers. I found a pretty good source for them online, but you could search around. We called our boss where I used to work “Ida the Impaler.”

Check out the Miquelrius notebooks. That’s what I use. I think they’re cheaper than Moleskine and they have flexible rather than hard covers. I found a pretty good source for them online, but you could search around.

]]> By: Brett http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5376 Brett Sat, 04 Aug 2007 11:54:05 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5376 I read once that almost all Icelanders have had their genetic codes mapped; it was a project that some genome readers conceived because of Iceland's relative isolation and small size. I wonder how many of the modern population have the wood nose gene. And is fish-driving an innate or learned behavior? I read once that almost all Icelanders have had their genetic codes mapped; it was a project that some genome readers conceived because of Iceland’s relative isolation and small size. I wonder how many of the modern population have the wood nose gene. And is fish-driving an innate or learned behavior?

]]> By: Dick http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5375 Dick Fri, 03 Aug 2007 22:32:17 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5375 I am drawn to the third name down for a reference far removed from the turbulent seas off Iceland & a brave longship, square sail beating. My cousin used to work for the Prudential Assurance in Wandsworth, South London, where her boss was named Ivor Cock. Sorry. It's been a long day... I am drawn to the third name down for a reference far removed from the turbulent seas off Iceland & a brave longship, square sail beating. My cousin used to work for the Prudential Assurance in Wandsworth, South London, where her boss was named Ivor Cock.

Sorry. It’s been a long day…

]]> By: mb http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5374 mb Fri, 03 Aug 2007 21:30:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5374 I can't even pick a favorite. What would the world be like now if we called each other names like that? (Moleskine's got some satisfying cahiers.) I can’t even pick a favorite. What would the world be like now if we called each other names like that?
(Moleskine’s got some satisfying cahiers.)

]]> By: quiet regular http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/viking-nicknames/#comment-5373 quiet regular Fri, 03 Aug 2007 20:14:22 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/2007/08/03/viking-nicknames/#comment-5373 they're not exactly plebeian but then neither are your thoughts. they’re not exactly plebeian but then neither are your thoughts.

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