Heill Haukur,

> > > To me the English 'v'
> > > sounds almost exactly like 'f'

I don't know if you've read or heard this, or not, but 'v' is voiced
and 'f' is unvoiced.

To my sensibilities, at least, that is a non-subtle distinction.

> Another English subtlety which I have trouble reproducing is the

difference

> between the _quality_ of the vowels in 'boot' and 'book'.

I think of this difference as a subtle pronunciation change. The
lips are more involved in shaping the former, and the latter is
closer to a grunt.

By the way, is the 'r' at the end of "vikingr" pronounced? I
thought I had read that it was pronounced, but not a separate
syllable. But two posts to this group today implied it's silent?


- Ragnarr "an American who wants to learn how to speak Old Norse
like a Vikingr" Gunnarsson