Luminous Landscape Forum
Equipment & Techniques => Landscape & Nature Photography => Topic started by: Rajan Parrikar on September 01, 2015, 03:16:49 pm
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Mýrar (http://blog.parrikar.com/2015/09/01/myrar/), in the Westfjords region of Iceland. The word is the plural of 'bog.'
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Nice.
And "Myr" is the same in Norwegian (first syllable of my family name, derived from the name of a farm on an island off the west coast of Norway. The rest of my surname includes "Vaag," which is Vik in Icelandic. and "Nes," which also occurs in Old English. ;)
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Nice.
And "Myr" is the same in Norwegian (first syllable of my family name, derived from the name of a farm on an island off the west coast of Norway. The rest of my surname includes "Vaag," which is Vik in Icelandic. and "Nes," which also occurs in Old English. ;)
Indeed, Eric, and 'nes' is peninsula. So, your last name is literally Bog-Bay-Peninsula.
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Nes more generally translates as 'head', as in a small headland sticking out to sea. Britain has lots of placenames ending in 'ness', attesting to the various Norse invasions & settlements here.
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hence, "mire" in English, which has a lot of contributions from Old Norse, predecessor of Icelandic and other languages.
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Indeed, Eric, and 'nes' is peninsula. So, your last name is literally Bog-Bay-Peninsula.
When I was a child, my father considered changing the family name to something that might be easier for Americans to swallow. He came up with several candidates, and I am delighted that he never went through with the name change.
The longest one he came up with was "Quagmire-inlet-promontory." ::) Even longer than Bog-Bay-Peninsula.
I apologize for dragging this thread off topic, but it's nice to know there are knowledgeable linguists among the LuLa crowd. ;)
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...it's nice to know there are knowledgeable linguists among the LuLa crowd. ;)
Indeed it is. This is one of the saner and more interesting discussions I've read here recently.
Jeremy
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Very nice, love the soft light and overcast cloudy day.
Dwayne Oakes
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Indeed it is. This is one of the saner and more interesting discussions I've read here recently.
Jeremy
And let's not forget Rajan's excellent photo that prompted the discussion.
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hence, "mire" in English, which has a lot of contributions from Old Norse, predecessor of Icelandic and other languages.
Excellent point. Icelandic is essentially Old Norwegian. I have no particular knowledge of linguistics but occasionally I can recognize cognates with German. Eg. Icelandic 'loft' and German 'luft' (air). Not surprising since Icelandic is a Germanic language.
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Lovely and tranquil photo. As a geologist, I am curious about the flat-topped mountains in the background; perhaps an old sea-level platform?
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Lovely and tranquil photo. As a geologist, I am curious about the flat-topped mountains in the background; perhaps an old sea-level platform?
Quite likely I would think, since the Atlantic Rift runs right through Iceland, so areas on either side might well have been much higher or lower in the geologic past.
(Disclaimer: I am not a geologist, and I don't even play one on TV.)
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Lovely and tranquil photo. As a geologist, I am curious about the flat-topped mountains in the background; perhaps an old sea-level platform?
The Westfjords are geologically the oldest part of Iceland and there is virtually no volcanic activity here at present. These table-top mountains and valleys are characteristic of this area and are a result of glaciation and ice pressure. The best example is Ketildalir ("Kettle Valleys") near Bíldudalur. See the second image here (http://blog.parrikar.com/2012/01/06/hvestunupur/).
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Thanks for the added geo pics Rajan.