12-02-2005, 12:47 PM
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[LL] Icelandic Studies Shifting to English?
The Iceland Review reports that Icelandic scholar Tryggvi Gíslason has proposed that courses in Icelandic mediaeval studies should be conducted in English. The reason? Over the past thirty years non-Icelandic scholars have come to dominate the field, but they...
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09-07-2006, 11:53 PM
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Hildigunnar
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They should use High Icelandic
No, they should all turn to High Icelandic, the extreme form of Icelandic invented by the neologistic skald Timbur-Helgi Hermannsson:
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