[EDLING:283] Learning Icelandic

[Francis M. Hult]

Iceland Review_Online

One vanilla yogurt ice cream, please

In Jonas' column last week he wrote about a US reader's plans to learn 
Icelandic through talking to their dog. 

The idea was to train the dog with commands in Icelandic as a way to get into 
using the language outside of Iceland on a daily basis. Now while this idea can 
be hailed for its originality it does not suit everyone – namely me. 
Personally, I do not own a dog and to be honest I've always been a little 
scared of canines. And there's nothing worse than being scared of your language 
teacher. 

So, I plan to continue using more traditional means to learn this ancient and 
complex language.  Before I arrived in Iceland just over a year ago I got hold 
of the sole copy of the Teach Yourself Icelandic book and CD from my local 
bookstore. 

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