Yeah, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Iceland use "bil", but e.g. Germany and Finland went with "auto". I like etymology stuff like that, like how the name Johannes became Hans in German and John in English.

[–] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 months ago

This was one of my favorite things to do with my Grandpa growing up

Go for a drive, talk, get ice cream.

It's cool that it gets a name

[–] sturlabragason@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ísbíltur í sjálfrennireið.

Ice car tour in a self slidy ridy.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml -2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Ice cream in iceland sounds awful.

[–] stormdelay@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

Icelanders really like their ice cream, whatever the weather is

[–] rumschlumpel@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I like winter icecream, and Iceland is not nearly as cold as the latitude and name might suggest.

[–] SmoothOperator@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

It isn't!