Re: OT: Icelandic help

Not too helpful and probably totally wrong O:-), but my initial thought is
that the "k@m li" might be "gamli".

What sound do you mean by the @?

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> wrote:

> In order to keep my conlang juices flowing, I listen to radio on the
> internet from many different European countries (my love of language is
> definitely Eurocentric.) I discovered a website, www.listenlive.eu which
> has
> many radio stations available to me. Often times I listen to Gull Bylgjan.
> I
> get to hear Icelandic and hear some Icelandic oldies as well as other
> oldies. I hear a phrase on there all the time which is no doubt their
> slogan
> or such and having heard it so many times I wonder what it means, how it
> is
> spelled etc. Below is the best phonetic translation I can come up with.
>
> [In d@ k@m li ko va]
>
> As I don't know which syllables go together or for that matter whether
> there
> may be something missing at the beginning, does anyone have any idea what
> this says?
>
> Thanks
> SCotto
>

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