Last weekend the nieces spontaneously decided to make a volcano in the backyard

[conuly]

(We don't know where they got that idea.)

I didn't find out about the real volcano erupting until a day or so after it happened (and I refuse to try either to spell or pronounce it, I'll just keep calling it "That volcano in Iceland that recently erupted" until it's no longer recent), but I did tell the nieces about it.

Ana: A volcano? Really? REALLY? I thought volcanoes were all in the past!

At any rate, I wonder why I didn't hear about the volcano sooner. Did I hear about it and not pay attention?

Comments

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

I beg your pardon, but there is a serious volcanic eruption going on, harming my people, my friends, and people are blaming us for the effects it is having on flights in the world. We don't need any of that. Our language is just fine, it is entirely unnecessary to act like that towards us even if a good number of English speaking people are phonetically challenged when it comes to Icelandic words. It would be far more useful to try to be positive in our direction, these are hard years in Iceland, and a serious volcanic eruption was definitely not needed.

[conuly]

I'm sorry.

[velvetchamber.livejournal.com]

Thank you.