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The link below is to an interview where the Norwegian King is trolling(phun intended) the queen when talking about this airport/science station.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXw9jGTdBy0

It's worth noting that the word "troll" in norwegian references a type of being in scandinavian folklore, not your typical "internet-troll".

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People used to speak of Saabs being from Trollhättan like they do of Porsches being from Stuttgart. I guess Swedes have trolls too?

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/Sa...

"As of 2011 Trollhättan hosts a film production complex known as Trollywood"

This is a really good movie:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trollhunter

And where exactly did you think the internet troll's name was derived?

Trolling, the fishing method. For me, a internet troll is a person that says something provocation hoping that someone will "bite" and waste time arguing.

Trolling is indeed a fishing method, but "don't feed the troll" was a common phrase on Usenet.

Both meaning were probably intended.

I always figured it just meant Troll as in the fairy tale creature who are notoriously not nice.

> trolling, the fishing method.

I am pretty sure that one is "trawling".

I had the same thought, but they're both a thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolling_(fishing)

Trawling is with a net. E.g. commercial fishing. Trolling is traditional rod/reel/bait.

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