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Ísland er ekki líti? land. Ísland er stórasta land í heimi.
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Iceland is not a little country. Iceland is the most big country in the world.
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Said in Beijing (2008-08-22) and quoted in "Stórasta Land I Heiminu," DS.iv (2008-08-22). Note: "Stórasta" is more of a lapsus linguae than "most big," as to a native Icelandic speaker it would sound much worse grammatically than in English.

 

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