About Thorarinn

A quick Q&A session

Questions and Answers from the about files

So this is your website?: Yup.
YouÂ´re Icelandic, right?: Right.
Living in Iceland?: Yes.
YouÂ´ve had thorarinn.com since 1999, isnÂ´t that right?: ThatÂ´s right.
Do you always give such short answers?: No.
Why is this website in this mixture of English and Icelandic?: IÂ´ve always liked the fact that I can read the websites of people in other countries when they are written in English. So I try to give all the basic information in English - in case somebody accidentially stumbles in. However my diary is in Icelandic, since I write a lot faster that way - and most of my friends (and all of my family) read Icelandic.
Is there a Danish version planned?: No.
Jeg stoler pÃ¥, at mine danske skolekammerater godt kan forstÃ¥ engelsk. Og det er kompliceret nok med denne blanding af islandsk og engelsk.
So, whatÂ´s with your name? Thorarinn, it sounds a bit elvish doesnÂ´t it?: You are probably thinking of the leader of the dwarfs in The Hobbit, Thorin Oakenshield. Tolkien got his name (ÃžÃ³rinn) from a list of dwarf names in the Old Norse Edda Poem "VÃ¶luspÃ¡".
Is it a dwarfÂ´s name then?: No, actually it is the name of Thor, the Old Norse god of thunder. (Whom Thirsday is named after.) ÃžÃ³rarinn is a conjunction of ÃžÃ³r (Thor) + ari (an old word meaning eagle).
But why are you called Toro?: ÃžÃ³rarinn is a rather long name and I donÂ´t like any of the traditional Icelandic nicknames associated with it. TÃ³rÃ³ was a suggestion from a friend of mine in college, based on the Spanish bull. I liked it and it has stuck with me since. (It is also a lot easier to pronounce for foreigners than ÃžÃ³rarinn.)