Talk:Samsø

message: First off, this stub should also be marked for cleanup. 
According to Google Earth, a source I consider questionable, Samsoe is also home to the world's largest permanently-installed tree maze, called the Samsoe "Labyrinten." Can I get a ruling from Guinness? 
Taiwan's Academica Sinica's Tsong Tien-Tzou, via his translator Eddy Chang, reported that Samsoe's residents have been increasing the use of super-efficient "semiconductor thin-film solar cells," though this source of power is more expensive than average for renewable energy. 
They also built a dedicated water heating plant to help them manage their icy winters, powered by both solar energy and biofuels, which they grow themselves on the island. 
Also, they're currently reinvesting the money from selling the wind-generated energy into putting up more wind-powered turbines. 
Other spellings of this island include "Samsoe." 
This above is my original writing. 
--Torchpratt 11:45, 19 April 2007 (UTC)
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message: There are three or four statements on the differing metrics of the island's renewable energy (all independently referenced, of course). Could someone familiar with the information bring it into concord and not have the section repeat itself over and over, but with different numbers? 130.102.44.51 (talk) 00:56, 22 September 2008 (UTC)
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message: Does it mean "Sam's island", and if so, what does "Sam" mean in Danish / Old Scandinavian? Just an old given name unrelated to Samuel (which I know is the case, but yet Samuel is common in modern Swedish as a given name too, a throwback to the unrelated Old Norse Samr, Samingr, etc., of pre-christian times. Which I'd like to be elaborated on at the Sam article itself. Many a thanks. 4.242.174.226 (talk) 08:23, 23 October 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Hello. On ethymology of Samsø. It is true that "ø" means island in Danish and usually so in Old Norse. But be careful when trying to explain what names mean. Ethymology is a science in itself and just because words looks like specific words, it doesn't mean they are related. It sometimes requires a deep knowledge of several languages and cultures and their development to understand the meaning and origins of specific words. But guessing is fun, I do it myself and thank you for your inspiring tries above, but it is not sound enough to be presented in any wiki article, Im sorry. RhinoMind (talk) 16:50, 29 November 2013 (UTC)

text: Hi. Yeah it is really interesting to ponder this strange name. However, as sourced and explained in the article, the ø-ending is a transformation of the original word. And it came after the Viking Age ended, at some point in medieval times. Because of this development in the name and its spelling, the ø does not stem from 'island' in this case. RhinoMind (talk) 20:02, 28 August 2018 (UTC)
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message: There is an image caption: Ingeborg Hoy Jæstutte.
This looks seriously wierd. Is jættestue intended? And maybe høj rather than hoy? Klausok (talk) 09:43, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
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