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Re: OT: Icelandic help

From:<morphemeaddict@...>
Date:Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 8:55
In a message dated 5/6/2008 01:07:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
dedalvs@GMAIL.COM writes:


> 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 >
Yes. Since it was a movie, there is no guarantee that it was spoken at a natural pace. stevo </HTML>