Friday 8 May 2009

Valhalla

'Valhalla' has a weird, poetic, alien sound to it. But as Wikipedia points out ('the word is from Old Norse Valhöll "hall of the slain"') it just means 'Fall-Hall', the hall in which those who have fallen in battle pitch up. Perhaps we should translate it as KIA-Hall. Or maybe Casualty.

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