He sounded subdued, and said he has not been working much, having just suffered through a personal tragedy. On March 24, he said, his wife of 33 years, Doria Palmieri Reagan, died of complications from a progressive neuromuscular disease that she developed seven-and-a-half years ago. A clinical psychologist, Doria Reagan was seven years older than her husband.
Icelandic is rich in words which describe natural features and phenomena often in a very poetic way, such as SnÃ¦fellsjÃ¶kull (described above), SkjaldbreiÃ°ur (broad shield), and HerÃ°ubreiÃ° (broad shoulders).
Some linguists believe it is a distinct possibility that Icelandic will lose out to English. Among them, Ari PÃ¡ll Kristinsson who is in charge of language planning at the Ãrni MagnÃºsson Institute for Icelandic Studies, the Icelandic government's language research agency.