Re: Pronunciation of Old Norse and Other Languages

> You can say we're biased if you want to but it's hard to tell why all of
> us should be biased in the same way. For one thing, Óskar and I are Icelandic
> while Konrad is Norwegian-American.
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> Alright - you are not understanding the idea of BIAS as I'm using it. I
> will make another attempt because I believe that it is a valuable idea to grasp.

Well, I had pretty much figured out that you were using "bias"
to mean "point of view" without some of the word's usual negative
connotations. I could rewrite what I meant with the above like this:

"If you want to you can say that this is only a conclusion that comes from people
with one particular point of view but I can't see why we should all be considered
to have the same point of view. For one thing our nationalities aren't the same."

You provided me with a straight answer:

> Now - you ON guys have your own BIAS that shows like a gleaming - blue and
> violet, neon sign when you joyfully exclaim:
>
> "All of us are fluent in Old Norse".

I fully acknowledge that there are many points of view in this issue
as in any other. However, I'm still somewhat inclined to think that the
"gleaming neon-sign bias" that comes from *knowing* the Old Norse language
is more, shall we say *apposite*, than other possible biases when discussing
the pronunciation of that language.

Kveðja,
Haukur