It's a long "a" in the original Scandanavian

[mercat]

So, just because the Pirates movie used the spelling "Kraken," and fans seem to be following suit, I decided to wiki the spelling "Kraaken," which I could have sworn was correct. Nothing on wiki, so I googled it. Guess what? I only came up with thousands of sites is Norwegian or Swedish or whatever it was. And it came up spelled as "K-r-a with a degree sign thingy over it-k-e-n." So, I'm teh winnarz.


And you know what? Every time I hear that stupid song about irony by Alanis Morisette, I can't help but thinking that her high school and college English teachers must want to kill themselves. That, and I just want to punch her.