She's a US Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant???? I think @Ismitje can relate to this, but I had a somewhat distant relation in Sweden who decided to take her father's name + dottor as her last name instead of the family name.
Yeah, I'm sure the Petersons and the Johnsons will have no trouble pronouncing Jonsdottir. It's fun to watch the expressions on the crowd's faces when Sunny gets introduced.
Of course they will, just like people who pronounce jalapenos, "ja-la-pen-nos", La Jolla, "La Joe-la" and Juanita, "Jon-neet-ta".
Kelley O'Hara was on the Bill Riley show today - interview here, about 13 minutes long, and some good stuff.
There are three places in the US with significant Icelandic communities: the northern Red River, Bellingham, WA, and Spanish Fork. I have a slew of part-Icelandic cousins. One thing of note about Icelandic culture is that surnames are not used often, even in formal settings, because they're still true patronymics (or matronymics, increasingly). So she's just "Gunny" anytime a first name would be used and "Gunnhildur" most times a last name would be used. Last names are almost never used alone. Both together are used only in situations like when we would use both.
I had three Icelandic friends in college - which didn't seem like a big deal to me until I learned the national population of Iceland. Three is significant!
Spanish Fark?!? I wonder why. You could say it's because of converts to the LDS Church but I wasn't aware that the church sent missionaries there in the 1800's like Denmark and Sweden.
It was. A very small absolute number of Icelandic converts (two or three hundred, IIRC) makes for a very large proportion of all Icelandic emigration. Most Scandinavian converts were Danes, like three of my father's grandparents, and nearly all the rest Swedes, like the other.
As of 2018, the total population of Iceland is 336,446 .. so Iceland is the country with the smallest population to have ever managed to qualify for a WC tournament ... and the Euro finals as well..
The speadsheet in this Tweet has the roster and contract status of all on the Royals roster: Stay currrent with @NWSL off-season roster moves with this roster spreadsheet: https://t.co/b5NmlQKRxy— Keeper Notes (@keepernotes) January 9, 2018 Thanks to @CoachJon for sharing this in the NWSL forum.
If all USWNT players currently with the Royals stay that way, we’d have 5! That’s more that I’d have expected. Only Portland has more with 6. Everyone else has 3 or less.
/anally-retentive, Internet troll mode on/ Why is Utah listed after Washington? The list is ordered alphabetically and U comes before W in every dictionary in the US of A. Obviously, whoever put this list together needs to go back to school and re-learn his ABCs. /anally-retentive, Internet troll mode off/
That's a very rare mistake from The Keeper. She's one of the best sources of things you never knew you needed to know in WoSo.
Desiree Scott commits to Royals. She was on the KC roster previously. What is the purpose of announcing players we inherited from KC? Is this to periodically keep the team in the news and generate interest? Is there a chance we don't get the players like restricted free agents? Or is this roster cuts in reverse, unannounced players are cut? https://www.ksl.com/?sid=46237801&n...ian-midfielder-desiree-scott-from-kansas-city
Anyone going to the "potential premium member" luncheon @ 12:30pm tomorrow? I would, but I can't since I'm taking Wednesday off of work already.
the purpose is that the Royals, from my understanding, have the rights to these players but have to get an agreement that they'll play here. Think of it essentially as the Royals "drafted" all of these players but haven't negotiated contract terms with them yet. So the players could play elsewhere next year, but a deal/agreement would need to be met with the three parties (Royals, player, and new team)
NWSL college draft is tomorrow. Streams live on YouTube.com/NWSL starting at 8 a.m. MST. We have picks 14, 25, and 34 out of 40 total. Unlike with MLS, the college draft still really matters in the NWSL so it is worth paying attention to.
So excited for today! I know Harvey doesn't care for the draft all that much, but hopefully she uses one of those picks to get a keeper, as that is a big need for the Royals right now. ETA: Livestream link for the draft-
Trade announced. Utah acquires Diana Matheson from Seattle for Yael Averbuch and the #25 pick in 2018.
Google says Matheson was out last year with an ACL tear, she's slightly older than Averbuch and they're both midfielders. And did we also give away the 25th pick? Was this a good move? Am I missing something?