{"id":1532,"date":"2025-11-08T13:40:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:40:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icelandconsulateghana.com\/news\/%c2%93they-don%c2%92t-read-books-or-know-how-to-make-excel-sheets%c2%94\/"},"modified":"2025-11-08T13:40:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T13:40:44","slug":"%c2%93they-don%c2%92t-read-books-or-know-how-to-make-excel-sheets%c2%94","status":"publish","type":"news_item","link":"https:\/\/icelandconsulateghana.com\/is\/news\/%c2%93they-don%c2%92t-read-books-or-know-how-to-make-excel-sheets%c2%94\/","title":{"rendered":"\u0093They don\u0092t read books or know how to make Excel sheets\u0094"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin:0 1em 1em 0;\" align=\"left\" alt=\"Author Dagur Hjartarson says it's na\u00efve not to worry about the state of the Icelandic language.\" src=\"https:\/\/c.arvakur.is\/frimg\/1\/60\/92\/1609247A.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u201cI find it curious that this debate is being led by people who seem neither to read books nor to know how to make Excel sheets. 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