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Re: OT: Icelandic help

From:Scotto Hlad <scott.hlad@...>
Date:Monday, May 5, 2008, 0:14
@=shwa

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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 >