Flying over the volcano in Iceland

[Barb T]

"and fly over Eyjafjallajokull"

easy to write, but how do you say it!?

Actually not that hard to pronounce. A double L in Icelandic is pronounced like a "tl", J is like "y", and "ey" is like "ay" as in "say" or "bay", but NOT like "aye" (which is more like a long "i"). Then it helps to recognize where the words are. This is a compound word that means "islands" (eyja) "hills" (fjalla) "glacier" (jokull). So, putting that all together

ay (as in bay) - ya - fee - at - la - yer (with a British "R") - kuh - tull

Icelandic is essentially unchanged from Old Norse, and, as a result of Viking raids and emigrations in the 7th-12th centuries, Old Norse lent names to lots of places. The word "island" in Icelandic is "ey", and is found in lots of places around the British Isles, (e.g., Orkney). "Fjall" means hill, and the word "fell" is basically the same word (the noun, not the verb).