Hello, I am new to this site, and i am doing some research on the Valkyrie,
could you please give me a hand with the pronounciation of GONDUL is it
pronounced as it is spelled??? Thank You Lady Morgana.

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From: "Haukur Thorgeirsson" <haukurth@...>
To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, August 15, 2003 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: [norse_course] 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
>
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