Re: OT: Icelandic help
| From: | David J. Peterson <dedalvs@...> |
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| Date: | Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 6:04 |
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Stevo:
<<
David, I have to agree with Mark. He was talking about the perceived
speed
from the point of view of a non-speaker, thus a relative perception.
>>
Would this be like my relative perception of the speed of Inuktitut,
as a non-speaker?
Me:
> I remember I saw the
> movie Atanarjuat (The Fast Runner) which was entirely in
> Inuktitut, and I was struck by just how slow everyone spoke.
> I couldn't understand it, of course, but I could make out every
> syllable.
-David
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