Re: OT: Icelandic help
From: | Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...> |
Date: | Monday, May 5, 2008, 0:14 |
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Subject: 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
>