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# In other news
do you think its fair that a region of Iceland was named after some cartographer fell asleep on his keyboard?

www.google.co.uk/search?q=Eyjafjallajokull

The Beeb can't even spell it right - they think it's Eyjafjallajoekull - oh the fools!
(I helped save b3ta! Griffin Saver Something, something, 2006, something., Thu 15 Apr 2010, 8:55, archived)
# It's possible the cartographer was Welsh
/except there's no "j" in Welsh...d'oh
(I helped save b3ta! emvee cruor deo cruoris, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 9:06, archived)
# Oh, how foolish will you feel after reading this ;)
The o should have an umlaut, e.g. รถ, so oe is the correct substitution, so the BBC aren't as foolish as they first appeared.
(Doktor Mangler is drowning in cables, Thu 15 Apr 2010, 9:19, archived)