Congratulations! Or, as my translator says, “Hamingjuóskir.” Is that right? :)
I always wanted to go to Iceland, but airfare is so expensive these days...
G8 Diplomat, it is nominally correct to say “hamingjuóskir”, but you would have to “bring me hamingjuóskir”, at least that sounds more right, in this instance saying “til hamingju” is more correct or at least more fitting. This is the thing with those online translaters, they can translate words, but a whole sentence would be gibberish. As radiohead pointed out our language is strong, I just hope it doesn´t sound ugly.
But hey all, thank you all for your kind words and the congratulations and good wishes, now we most certeinly need it, because half of the nation is now waking up at 7 o´clock in a Sunday morning to watch the game, that is the half that went to sleep that is at all.
The game between Iceland and the many million populated land France is starting in half an hour or so, and I can promise you, even though you don´t know this sport, this will be an enterteining game, two strong teems, determined and from proud countries colliding in, just as elcid1970 pointed out, in a fast paced game that is quite selfexplanatory when you watch it.
You don´t have to know all the rules and things like that, the game just flows onward effortlessly for the viewer and opposed to football (what you call soccer) there are many, many goals, often one per minute.
So check it out, or at least who won if you don´t see this in time, best whishes, God bless Iceland and our closest ally, the United States, the worlds bulwark of freedom.
Áfram Ísland!
Ps. Our national Anthem (it is called Praise, it is praise to God:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJ-fxHLtISE