Villas-Boas and Bale Win PL Manager and Player of the Month, Respectively

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This I just found out: referring to Gylfi as "Sigurðsson" doesn't follow Icelandic tradition. I know it's a patronymic (and not a family name), but I thought patronymics had all become family names on that crazy island. Apparently not. So Gylfi's dad is named "Sigurð Blahblahsson" and so on. Calling Gylfi "Sigurðsson" would be something like calling Sandro "Guimarães". Not wrong per se, but just… out of whack.

"Siggy" is obviously a nickname, but if I were to talk about the attacking midfielders Spurs have, and I was trying to be slightly formal, I'd have to say, "Spurs can look to Lennon and Bale on the wings, while they have threats in the center from Dempsey and Gylfi". Ah, the shit you can get away with when your culture is like 15,000 people.

So his kid could be called Sigurð Gylfisson? :gylfi:
 
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