> Okay... number one: I was trying to simplify the pronunciation for
> someone who probably has no real interest in the language as a whole.

Isn't that assuming a bit too much? Especially considering the hombre's
repeated statements to the contrary?

> Number two: the poor hick doesn't understand what a trill (rolling 'R')
> is, so the point is lost on him.

My point is that whether or not he understands it doesn't change the reality.
The whole point of learning is to gather _new_ knowledge. If I can't tell people
anything they don't know already or anything involving them doing a little work
then I can't do very much at all.

> Let's be a *little* understanding of levels of understanding (or lack
> thereof), eh? Trying to help someone out who obviously doesn't want a
> complete discourse on pure pronunciation doesn't ensure accuracy, but
> for SCA stuff, I didn't see a big problem with it.

I didn't give anything like "a complete discourse on pure pronunciation".
I explained the matter in the simplest way I knew while still being correct.
I'm sorry if that wasn't simple enough for our friend to understand but
that doesn't mean that it should be made "simpler" to the point of being wrong.

"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler." - A. Einstein

> > The Old Norse spelling of the above names is Haukr and Þorsteinn respectively.
>
> Haukr = Right
>
> Thorsstein = More correct for ON/b than ON/I. Depends on the source as
> to whether or not the double-S is necessary. I find both spellings in
> old texts. The single-S version is more favored in the Eastern dialects
> such as those found on the mainland, but in Iceland the double-S seems
> to be about even, where preferences are concerned.

There's an amazing amount of packet loss in our communications.
Once again I don't know what you're talking about. What is ON/b
and what is ON/b?

> In addition, I was using 7-bit ASCII characters to try to lower the
> confusion threshold. Oh, excuse me: Þreshold...

Yeah. Ðæt was much better. Glæd you're coming around. ;)

Kveðja,
Haukur