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Re: Newbie alert...

From:Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...>
Date:Wednesday, April 4, 2001, 19:27
On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Oskar Gudlaugsson wrote:

> On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:47:53 -0700, Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> > wrote: > > >Saell! > > > >Finally an Icelander...eg er buinn ad gleyma islensku =( > > > >I've almost forgotten Icelandic what I knew, and there was some I never > >knew... > > "Finally"? Hey, I've been here all the time :)
Hm... it's hard to see you hiding there in the corner ;)
> But I have a feeling that will change now; I've been having lots of stuff > boiling in my head for a while, that still need to be formulated. Don't you > all know sitting down at the computer, opening the word processor, staring > at the screen for 5 minutes and then giving up? After thinking about this > brilliant idea the whole day...
Do I ever know that feeling! I especially hate it when I'm riding on a crowded bus or train or ferry (thus not being able even to make the quickest of notes) and I come up with something great...then when I finally have opportunity to write it down it's a blank...
> > >That's the way I go too...for every 1 language that actually gets any > >development, I start on a 100...like the one where I tried to put Finnish > >phonology onto Icelandic words and grammar... > > Whoa?!? Vowel harmonizing the umlaut jungle? Hmm, that's a brain-toaster ;) >
Brain-toaster isn't a word...it still hurts =) Tho I might bow in to my masochistic tendencies and give it another go...
> Óskar > > > P.S.: Ef þú ert búinn ad gleyma íslenskunni, þá getum vid Bjössi bara > hjálpad þér ad læra hana aftur :) >
Takk fyrir thad! (sem thu getur ad sja jeg get ekki skrifad med islenskum stefum (er thad ordid?) thviad jeg er ad nota Pine fyrir tolvupost)... -------ferko Ferenc Gy. Valoczy Suurt chugunikka peene ahjo suhe et toukka. Virtual Votia - Vaddjamaa Internetaza: http://www.geocities.com/uralica railways page: http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/3976/ 25kV 50Hz: http://www.mp3.com/25kV50Hz

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