Icelanders

Like Icelanders, Americans are individualists. Where we seem to differ is in our sense of community.

Icelanders, by contrast, do not usually tip--a measure of their introversion, no doubt.

Icelanders believe only a dolt is unable to see the other fellow's position.

Yet overfishing did not begin with the EU's common policy, and even Icelanders would overexploit their waters if not restrained.

It will be interesting to see in next year's report how the crash has affected Icelanders' opinions.

Women retain their names after marriage, since Icelanders generally do not use surnames but patronyms or matronymic.

Life lightened up in the 19th century when mechanisation allowed Icelanders to make some money from fish.

For Icelanders, the golden years were the early years, shortly after the land was settled in the ninth century.

Icelanders (mostly) have no surnames, only given-names and patronymics, and use given patronymic for both sorting and display.

No one thought that Icelanders might have some natural gift for smelting aluminum, and, if anything, the opposite proved true.

Everyone knows everyone else, but when I ask Icelanders for leads, the men always refer me to other men, and the women to other women.

However, we Icelanders do detect a difference among the great cities of Europe.

Instead of glass prisms, Icelanders are looking forward to a different Chinese cargo in the dying weeks of the year: fireworks.

Yet some fears have taken on a geopolitical flavour, reminding Icelanders of their pivotal position during the cold war.

In a referendum Icelanders voted overwhelmingly against a debt repayment deal with Britain and the Netherlands.

Suddenly the European Union and eventually adopting the Euro currency looked much more attractive to traditionally euro-skeptic Icelanders.

But if Icelanders fall back on the Viking tradition of bold defiance and vote against the plan, this could be one long saga indeed.

Moreover, after recent events in their financial industry, Icelanders may welcome some positive coverage of their country.

Even Icelanders have managed to see the funny side.

Up until a few days ago, Icelanders thought they could live on banks.

Icelanders even established a village in Newfoundland, though it lasted only a decade or so.

The Icelandic krona's freeze in the capital markets had now spilled over into the day- to- day transactions of Icelanders abroad .

The scale of what confronts Ms Hjaltested and other Icelanders is only just becoming clear.

Icelanders have problems like the rest of us, yet they are happy with their lot.

And in Europe by this indicator lead Scandinavians - Swedes, Danes and Icelanders.

This was a point of pride for Icelanders. It also made many rich.

Any decision to join the 27-member bloc will still need to be approved by Icelanders in a national referendum.

Icelanders have seen their economy swell and shrink from time to time over the centuries, and always handled it calmly.

Icelanders are hardly sitting idle as their country is slammed by the global financial hurricane.

Icelanders because small population, only 20 million people, therefore encourage birth, cohabiting are all legitimate son and.

Not far from the loft is more evidence of Icelanders ' creative response to the crisis: the design shop Verslunin Herdubreid.

Polls suggest that most Icelanders oppose this, fearing, among other things, the invasion of EU fishing fleets.

This situation is not something that sits well with most Icelanders.

Now ordinary Icelanders are determined to take their country back.

Due to chilly weather much of the year, Icelanders workout in order to beat the winter blues.

Icelanders with candied fruit ate the birthday of the patty.

Few foreign boats are allowed in these waters, and none can buy Icelanders' quotas.

Half the country's businesses are technically insolvent; some 15% of Icelanders are in negative equity.

The journal said 75 to 80 percent of contemporary Icelanders can trace their lineage to Scandinavia and the rest to Scotland and Ireland.

Or even: What might Icelanders be especially suited to do?

Icelanders could hold their heads high before the rest of the world.

It is perfectly natural for the Icelanders to resent having to cripple their finances in order to pay "rich foreigners" .

Notice that no one asked, What might Icelanders want to do?

It's a rich venue, because Icelanders have a limited gene pool and highly detailed genealogical records.

Most Icelanders travel out into the world as young adults.

But many Icelanders say they are being unfairly persecuted.

Icelanders are by nature frugal people.

Icelanders are good, too: They are all descendants, Barzilai says, of five Viking men and four Irish women.

The banks quickly swelled to a size that dwarfed the economy of some 300, 000 Icelanders back home.

Such is the demand that the Chinese manufacturers are making a special loan to Icelanders to buy them, according to a local newspaper.

Maybe because there are so few Icelanders in the world, we know next to nothing about them.

In the Iceland v. Netherlands match, the Icelanders recouped the IMPs just lost because they too showed more discipline.

And the Icelanders will only be the first.