[gothic-l] Re: Ic. "Bill" & Relevance

[Håkan Liljeberg]

--- In gothic-l at egroups.com, keth at o... wrote:
> sverre_johnsen at h... wrote:
> >I don't agree. "Kjerra" = "car" isn't used much nowadays, but 15-20
> >years ago, "kjerra" could often replace "car", as in "hev du sét
> >dan nye kjerra mi?" Nothing derogatory about that. Call it slang, 
if
> >you will.
> 
> Okay. What part of Norway were you referring to?
> Any way, nynorskordboka says:
> I kjerre m1 (nor kerra; lat. carrus) 1 enkel vogn med to (el. fire)
> hjul 'handk- / hest og k-' 2 skjemt.:(gammal) bil 'skifte ut kjerra'
> 
> I was only aware of meaning 1. But of course, meaning 2 I would have
> understood from the context. Like if you refer to someone as "fugle-
> skræmsel" ;)
> 
> For the other readers, perhaps I should point out that Norwegian has
> quite a few dialects that differ quite a bit. There is really no
> single system of spelling that could possibly cover them all.
> But 'nynorsk' (New Norse) is nevertheless such an attempt to
> achieve a standard that can be used throughout the country.
> 
> 
> With respect to the attempts made by our experts,
> is this to be understood as an attempt to make the old language
> into a kind of 'esperanto', into which it will also be possible
> to talk about modern things? I think it is then a good idea to
> borrow ideas from German or Icelandic, since it will save the
> potential users some memorisation. Maybe one should also not
> try to be too perfect. That would correspond to the way old
> buildings are sometimes renovated: one no longer tries to
> imitate the old building materials 100%. In that way it is much
> easier to see which are the original stones, and which are
> the new ones.

Hi Keth and Sverre and others!
For your interest, I have to mention that the meaning in swedish is 
exactly the same as in "nynorskordboka". The use of "kärra" for
car, 
has started to spread in the 50ies through the "raggar" or rocker-
culture. "Jag köpte en schysst kärra igår", I bought a nice
car 
yesterday. The similarity is probably not a coincidence.



Gutwulfs
Håkan Liljeberg


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