Heill all!
I'm an Italian student from northern Italy, and I suppose to be the only
Italian in the discussion group; I never write because I'm 17 and have just
started, some months ago, my approach to the Old Norse language, and I don't
think I have much to say about the discussion topics, but I'm extremely
interested. In my school I've been studying Latin, ancient Greek, English
and German for four years, and I already know some things concerning ancient
languages, and so my approach has been more direct than how it could've been
for other beginners, and I discovered with infinite pleasure how it did
interest me much more than the classic languanges, which I still love,
anyway. Here in my area there is a very strong interest among people
(expecially young) about the celtic and germanic roots of the people living
here, and also about to preserve our dialect. I usually read the mail with
extreme interest, though some things represent a level which for me is still
higher, and I only would that here in my country were more occasions to
learn something more in a more "school-like" way, but the only way to learn
old germanic languages that interest me (such as Old English and Old
Icelandic) is to go to Cambridge to attend an university course, beacause
here there's nothing specific except some courses of germanic philology (and
medieval german literature) in the modern foreign languages curriculum. I
would be very glad if someone gave me some pieces of advice.

P.S. Konrad is definitely right, Haukur has been for me a great teacher
(even if at distance and though we have never known each other!), I really
want to thank him from the deep of my heart.

Thanks, Diego

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