Re: USAGE: What happened to Anglo-Saxon letters? (was: Intro to Frankish)
| From: | Tristan McLeay <conlang@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, January 15, 2005, 13:59 |
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On 16 Jan 2005, at 12.44 am, Andreas Johansson wrote:
> Danish æ is /E/ and /E:/. In Old Icelandic, it was /E/, with the
> accented
> version for /E:/. Icelandic vowels were subsequently thoroughly
> screwed up.
Could you (or our resident expert and Lord of Instrumentality) explain
that?
Also, can Swedes (or Norwegians or Danes) understand Icelandic like
they can Danish and Norwegian (or Swedish and the other one).
--
Tristan.
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