Old Norse and Earlier English Pronunciation

[Mark Mandel]

Back to the scope question! Amy, IIRC I asked about that sometime soon after
I started reading the list, and was told in reply that it's
the [American [Dialect Society]]
not
*the [[American Dialect] Society]

So dialects of Old Norse, Icelandic, and other (even non-Germanic! :)
languages are definitely on topic.

m a m

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 9:06 AM, Amy West <medievalist at w-sts.com> wrote:

> On 6/15/10 12:00 AM, Automatic digest processor wrote:
> > Date:    Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:47:01 +0000
> > From:ronbutters at AOL.COM <From%3Aronbutters at AOL.COM>
> > Subject: Old Norse and Earlier English Pronunciation
> >
> > Thanks to Amy for the information. I have removed her "OT" designation
> because this is clearly a linguistic topic and relates directly to issues
> involving the rationale for pronunciation of written texts.
> > [...]
>
> [...]
>
> So, Ron, I think we're back to me being an oddball. To those trained to
> use the modern Icelandic pron., I sound like I'm reading Faerie Queene
> with a 16th c. pron.
>
> I return you to your regularly scheduled discussion of American dialets.
>
> --
> ---Amy West
>
>

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