Stu101 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu101 Posted June 14, 2016 Share Posted June 14, 2016 That Iceland chant is genuinely intimidating. think a tonne of angry vikings running towards you chanting that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Toepoke Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Stu101 said: That's fae Euro 2012... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Stu101 said: That Iceland chant is genuinely intimidating. think a tonne of angry vikings running towards you chanting that.... I was really enjoying that and the game till all the facts about Iceland started coming out, for example, in Iceland only 50,000 men between ages of 20-50 and therefore available to play. Or as seen on here, 8% of Icelandic population are in France. I imagined them chanting that while rowing a big f' off boat coming to pillage and conquer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 6 hours ago, G-Man said: I was really enjoying that and the game till all the facts about Iceland started coming out, for example, in Iceland only 50,000 men between ages of 20-50 and therefore available to play. Or as seen on here, 8% of Icelandic population are in France. I imagined them chanting that while rowing a big f' off boat coming to pillage and conquer. Pedant alert : Iceland isn't 'Scandinavia'. The population of Iceland stem from mainly Germanic and Celtic origin. They have never been a 'viking' country, and they've never pillaged or conquered anyone. It's more likely infact that they themselves were 'pillaged'. You're welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonnyTJS Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 11 minutes ago, Rossy said: Pedant alert : Iceland isn't 'Scandinavia'. The population of Iceland stem from mainly Germanic and Celtic origin. They have never been a 'viking' country, and they've never pillaged or conquered anyone. It's more likely infact that they themselves were 'pillaged'. You're welcome Pah! Call that pedantry? Since terms such as Germanic and Celtic are only meaningful in a linguistic sense, Scandinavians are 'Germanic' in origin. Secondly, Icelandic is closely related to Norwegian and it was folk from Norway who first settled the place (and it's where the Eddas were preserved which contain most of what we know about Norse mythology). Those Norse might pre-date 'the Vikings' by a century or three, but they're basically the same hairy, fun-loving folk. Thirdly, Iceland was founded by a bloke in Oswestry to sell cheap fish-fingers. That's pedantry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rossy Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 9 hours ago, DonnyTJS said: Pah! Call that pedantry? Since terms such as Germanic and Celtic are only meaningful in a linguistic sense, Scandinavians are 'Germanic' in origin. Secondly, Icelandic is closely related to Norwegian and it was folk from Norway who first settled the place (and it's where the Eddas were preserved which contain most of what we know about Norse mythology). Those Norse might pre-date 'the Vikings' by a century or three, but they're basically the same hairy, fun-loving folk. Thirdly, Iceland was founded by a bloke in Oswestry to sell cheap fish-fingers. That's pedantry. A fine example of the art, Sir. I doff my 2-horned helmet. (Incidentally, Vikings never wore 2 horned helmets. True. They were invented in 1973 by a guy in a gift shop in Copenhagen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 hour ago, Rossy said: A fine example of the art, Sir. I doff my 2-horned helmet. (Incidentally, Vikings never wore 2 horned helmets. True. They were invented in 1973 by a guy in a gift shop in Copenhagen). Or was it Oslo in 1971 ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 15 hours ago, Rossy said: Pedant alert : Iceland isn't 'Scandinavia'. The population of Iceland stem from mainly Germanic and Celtic origin. They have never been a 'viking' country, and they've never pillaged or conquered anyone. It's more likely infact that they themselves were 'pillaged'. You're welcome FFS, okay, okay. I was imagining some of them rowing towards my coastal village where the menfolk were all away at market whilst myself and the other womenfolk who were all fed up of our boring market going men were washing our long locks in the water, soap suds cascading down our lithe bodies ........... I've got to have something to entertain myself now we're not in the tournament. So to you and Donny, sorry my fecking sad wee dreams don't suit fecking history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 4 minutes ago, G-Man said: FFS, okay, okay. I was imagining some of them rowing towards my coastal village where the menfolk were all away at market whilst myself and the other womenfolk who were all fed up of our boring market going men were washing our long locks in the water, soap suds cascading down our lithe bodies ........... I've got to have something to entertain myself now we're not in the tournament. So to you and Donny, sorry my fecking sad wee dreams don't suit fecking history. Did your dream involve a train ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orraloon Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 11 minutes ago, G-Man said: FFS, okay, okay. I was imagining some of them rowing towards my coastal village where the menfolk were all away at market whilst myself and the other womenfolk who were all fed up of our boring market going men were washing our long locks in the water, soap suds cascading down our lithe bodies ........... I've got to have something to entertain myself now we're not in the tournament. So to you and Donny, sorry my fecking sad wee dreams don't suit fecking history. I'm with you on this one. You clearly said it's what you "imagined". Folk a capable of imagining much stranger things than Icelanders pretending to be Vikings. Fringo thinks the Vikings came by train. Other folk, like Donny and Rossy clearly have limited imaginations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fringo Posted June 15, 2016 Share Posted June 15, 2016 1 minute ago, Orraloon said: I'm with you on this one. You clearly said it's what you "imagined". Folk a capable of imagining much stranger things than Icelanders pretending to be Vikings. Fringo thinks the Vikings came by train. Other folk, like Donny and Rossy clearly have limited imaginations. I don't but G-Man has strange dreams and experiences on trains. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 15 hours ago, fringo said: Did your dream involve a train ? The menfolk went to the market on it so I knew they'd be away for ages. 15 hours ago, Orraloon said: I'm with you on this one. You clearly said it's what you "imagined". Folk a capable of imagining much stranger things than Icelanders pretending to be Vikings. Fringo thinks the Vikings came by train. Other folk, like Donny and Rossy clearly have limited imaginations. Exactly my fine feathered friend, (you're a flamingo in my imaginings.) they need to explore their inner dreams a bit more. Must go, watching Wales game so the Icelandic boys are oot and the Welsh have taken the oars. 15 hours ago, fringo said: I don't but G-Man has strange dreams and experiences on trains. That was a nightmare! I've been booking fringe tickets, now looking for a hotel. With parking! Ah buggar, the boat's sprung a leak, England equalised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted June 17, 2016 Author Share Posted June 17, 2016 What's the song that the Poles sing that sounds like "Polska Polska Germany" to the tune of Go West? surely they don't just sing the names of the two teams playing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanatyk Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 "Polska Bialo-Czerwoni!" (Poland White and Red) or more like "Poooolskaaa Bialoooo Czerwoooniiii!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huddersfield Posted June 18, 2016 Share Posted June 18, 2016 20 minutes ago, fanatyk said: "Polska Bialo-Czerwoni!" (Poland White and Red) or more like "Poooolskaaa Bialoooo Czerwoooniiii!) I watched the Poland-NI game with an old schoolmate who comes from a Polish family & used to travel all over watching them. The pub was full of Poles singing that, especially a massive chorus of it at the end. It sounded brilliant, although I won't lie but it does lose a bit in translation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoonTheSlope Posted June 18, 2016 Author Share Posted June 18, 2016 57 minutes ago, fanatyk said: "Polska Bialo-Czerwoni!" (Poland White and Red) or more like "Poooolskaaa Bialoooo Czerwoooniiii!) Aaah ok, thanks!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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