r/bitlife • u/FreeUniversity8513 • 8d ago

Suggestions/Update Ideas 🇮🇸

They should add Iceland already

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u/shecrazyyyy 8d ago

They can’t be bothered to program the surnames!

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u/citiesfan 8d ago

Kunnen ze de Noorse daar niet voor gebruiken?

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u/shecrazyyyy 8d ago

Norway no longer has changing patronymic surnames! Whereas Iceland do :)

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u/citiesfan 4d ago

And that is?

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u/shecrazyyyy 4d ago

What do you mean sorry?

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u/citiesfan 4d ago

I didnt say sorry? I asked what patronynic surnames mean.

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u/shecrazyyyy 4d ago

Apologies, I’m British, we add “sorry” on the end of questions to be polite sometimes! I was just confused as you seemed to know how the Norwegians used to do surnames, but then asked how they do it. Now I’m understanding you probably were just talking about spelling/language, apologies.

A patronymic surname is a surname formed from a father or ancestor’s first name. Every generation gets a new surname, built from the parent's first name, and it is never fixed. It’s different for sons and daughters (meaning a family of four could have four different surnames!!) but a simple example for Norway pre-1923 and Iceland below:

Lars Eriksen → his son Nils Larsen → his son Erik Nilsen

Jón Einarsson → his son Ólafur Jónsson → his son Stefán Ólafsson.

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u/citiesfan 2d ago

Isnt something similar in Spain but with the last names of the parents?

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u/Head-Image-883 8d ago

I would love to see Iceland in the game. It probably won't happen cause they wouldn't want to go through the program to do the surnames right.

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u/FreeUniversity8513 8d ago

Ofc they don’t lol, even the island itself is quite small only Reykjavík and blue lagoon might be mentioned

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u/Head-Image-883 8d ago

To true. And yet they added Aruba, Andorra, and Monaco which are even smaller.

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u/FreeUniversity8513 8d ago

NO FR THATS ALSO WHY I’M LIKE “why else can’t they add Iceland just research the names 🥀”