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Skammdegisthunglyndi

Chris Farmer RSS / 11.11.2009. u 14:32

In Iceland, they have a name for it.

It is the feeling of seasonal depression when the days start getting short and nights start coming sooner. "Skamm" means short, "degi" is day, "thung" is heavy and "lyndi" means mood.

Skammdegisthunglyndi

Until December 22, when the days start growing again, the occurrence of Short-Day-Heavy-Mood will be on the increase. In fact, we might well blame everything on it, as it seems to affect everyone to some extent. Get in a fight at the office? Skammdegisthunglyndi. Trouble at home? Skammdegisthunglyndi. Late to pay your electricity bill? Skammdegisthunglyndi.

Or just absent mindedness.

To some extent, we can blame the short days for the pandemic H1N1/09 virus (this is the official name, I found out, because "H1N1" is just the regular flu). One of the ways to avoid infection, apparently, is to get plenty of vitamin D. Since we get most of our vitamin D from sunlight, the short winter days are working against us. It is both unhealthy AND depressing.

Skammdegisthunglyndi.

For the global financial crisis, each day of depressed trading is even more depressing when you look out of the window at three in the afternoon and see only blackness. Employees, called into the manager's office for explanations might claim Skammdegisthunglyndi for their bad results. Managers, on the other hand, strolling around the office may mistake the darkness for the end of the day and just leave. Skammdegis-ljós-lyndi?

"Ljós" means "light." I think I have just made this word up.

There is clearly much more to be said about this - to correlate productivity to the occurrence of Skammdegisthunglyndi, calculate the number of domestic squabbles, filibusters in parliament, and general grumpiness of the people in the days of darkness. Sadly, however, it is just after two in the afternoon and I should be going to sleep now.

Until spring.

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Jelica Greganović Jelica Greganović 15:03 11.11.2009

Kako li

mu tepaju? Ska? Demmg? Degi? Sthungly? Glyndi?
blogovatelj blogovatelj 16:38 11.11.2009

Re: Kako li

Kako li mu tepaju


Kad bi ti imala devet meseci godisnje sneg, mecave i bljuzgavice, i kad bi se pojavio covek od snega, da li bi mu tepala?

Jelica Greganović Jelica Greganović 17:57 11.11.2009

Bih,

kao i sada, kod nas u kući se sneg zove Gegi-snegi.
lucidalina lucidalina 10:59 12.11.2009

Re: Bih,

Jelica Greganović
kao i sada, kod nas u kući se sneg zove Gegi-snegi.


mi ga zovemo JEEEEEE KAD CEMO NA SANKANJE?
4krofnica 4krofnica 19:52 12.11.2009

Re: Bih,

jel Chris zna srpski?
Islandjani imaju predivan jezik koji pokusavaju da ocuvaju ali englenstina je na svacijim ustima i tesko je izboriti se sa ocuvanjem tako neobicnog i retkog jezika..imaju puno sklepanih reci u jednu.
Skammdegisthunglyndi- ne znam kako da ga izgovorim....

mnogo volim Chrisove tekstove.
Jelena Pavlović Jelena Pavlović 15:30 11.11.2009

I am singing in the rain

For brightening the upcoming days. Here is the trailer:
myredneckself myredneckself 20:50 12.11.2009

hush,

please!
I suffer from winter blues
mrns, the hibernating bear.

see you in march!
(thanks deep purple for such a groove)
Bili Piton Bili Piton 20:17 13.11.2009

Re: hush,

myredneckself

see you in march!


Ms Redneck, you and I need to get married (when we both wake up) *snore*


PS Just to illustrate, there was practically no daylight today here to speak of.
myredneckself myredneckself 00:53 14.11.2009

Re: hush,

Bili Piton
myredneckself

see you in march!


Ms Redneck, you and I need to get married (when we both wake up) *snore*


PS Just to illustrate, there was practically no daylight today here to speak of.

being so skammdegisthunglyndi-esque...
when the time comes, I must hurry up, before I get stuck in spring-mania
lavinia_amaldi lavinia_amaldi 14:51 15.11.2009

At least

you have beautiful snow, and that is much better than rain with low grey sky :)

greets from Ireland!

Arhiva

   

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