Language notes from the slopes of E-15.

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/27/2010 07:00 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

>A glance at a couple of Icelandic newspapers suggests just how effective the
>committee is.  There's very little in the way of terms for modern technology
>that are even vaguely guessable by a speaker of English.
>
>Yet, as noted before, Icelanders officially start to learn English in the
>third grade.

Does the committee allow them to speak English technological
terminology in the home?

Joel

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