Re: OT: Icelandic help

hv is pronounced like kv

On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 11:22 PM, Eric Christopherson <rakko@...>
wrote:

> On May 5, 2008, at 6:53 AM, Benct Philip Jonsson wrote:
>
>  Icelanders even speak to fast for *each other*. They say _Ha
> > hvað segir þú?" [,Hak:_ha'sE:rDu], or just _Ha?_ after
> > every third sentence or so -- although sometimes it probably
> > means "What do you mean?"
> >
>
> Just wondering -- where does the [k:] come from?
>
>
>
> > _Ha_ of course is a quick pronunciation of _hvað_ to
> > begin with...
> >
> > As for being a better speaker than listener we're
> > definitely alike!
> >
> > 2008/5/5 Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>:
> >
> > > On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 5:58 AM, Benct Philip Jonsson
> > > <melroch@...> wrote:
> > >
> > > >  And yes, Icedlanders normally speak very fast.
> > > >
> > >
> > >  *Everyone* normally speaks very fast from the perspective
> > >  of L2 speakers (or non-speakers) of their L1.
> > >
> > >
> > >  I had to say "Gjerþu svo vel að tala hægara" all the
> > > > time. Probably they didn't believe me because I
> > > > pronounced it as
> > > >
> > > >  [,k_jEs:'vEl a't_ha:l 'hai)ra]
> > > >
> > > >  I'm too good a parrot, you see.
> > > >
> > >
> > >  I have a friend who had similar issues when he was doing
> > >  phone solicitation in Atlanta. When someone answered the
> > >  phone in Spanish, he would say "Lo siento, pero yo no
> > >  hablo español" - except he got too good at saying it and
> > >  they stopped believing him. Or else they were just
> > >  cursing him out regardless. Phone solicitation does tend
> > >  to elicit that sort of reaction.
> > >
> > >  I do definitely have the "better parrot than listener"
> > >  problem with Spanish. I've never understood all the
> > >  people who say they can listen and get the gist of
> > >  something but can't say anything themselves; I've always
> > >  had the opposite problem.
> > >
> > >
> > >  --
> > >  Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > / BP
> >
>