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[–] [email protected] 45 points 3 months ago (3 children)

In german the letters are even closer.

Irland -> Island

Only one letter further.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Also in Icelandic!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

In Ireland it's Éire, while Iceland is An Íoslainn, so it doesn't really work 😕

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not in Dutch however. There it's IJsland and Ierland. You'll have to go through several more character shufflings to make it.