Ytterby: The Tiny Swedish Island That Gave the Periodic Table 4 Elements (slate.com) 14 points by theoneill 16y ago ↗ HN
[–] daivd 16y ago ↗ Ytterby is not an island. It is a village _on_ an island: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ytterby [–] m_eiman 16y ago ↗ There are also several other places named "Ytterby", translated the name means something like "outer village". (I happen to live in one of the other ones :))Pointless map of Ytterbys in Sweden: http://kartor.eniro.se/m/pBGRL [–] s-phi-nl 16y ago ↗ Just out of curiosity would "Ytterboe" mean "from Ytterby"? I'm wondering because my college has a dorm named "Ytterboe". [–] m_eiman 16y ago ↗ Nope, Ytterboe isn't swedish. "Person living in Ytterby" is "Ytterbybo", which is close but not quite the same.
[–] m_eiman 16y ago ↗ There are also several other places named "Ytterby", translated the name means something like "outer village". (I happen to live in one of the other ones :))Pointless map of Ytterbys in Sweden: http://kartor.eniro.se/m/pBGRL [–] s-phi-nl 16y ago ↗ Just out of curiosity would "Ytterboe" mean "from Ytterby"? I'm wondering because my college has a dorm named "Ytterboe". [–] m_eiman 16y ago ↗ Nope, Ytterboe isn't swedish. "Person living in Ytterby" is "Ytterbybo", which is close but not quite the same.
[–] s-phi-nl 16y ago ↗ Just out of curiosity would "Ytterboe" mean "from Ytterby"? I'm wondering because my college has a dorm named "Ytterboe". [–] m_eiman 16y ago ↗ Nope, Ytterboe isn't swedish. "Person living in Ytterby" is "Ytterbybo", which is close but not quite the same.
[–] m_eiman 16y ago ↗ Nope, Ytterboe isn't swedish. "Person living in Ytterby" is "Ytterbybo", which is close but not quite the same.
[–] PassTheAmmo 16y ago ↗ Didn't you mean to link to this article: http://www.slate.com/id/2258112/entry/2260782/
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[ 3.5 ms ] story [ 28.5 ms ] threadPointless map of Ytterbys in Sweden: http://kartor.eniro.se/m/pBGRL