Heil,

I have recorded a sound sample of GÖNDUL using some sort of
reconstructed Old Norse:
http://www.geocities.com/jepe2503/gondul.wav
Note the sentence "Nuunän köm ooLe:" ("Now comes the word:", Modern
Jamtlandic dialect) before the actual word. I have recorded it as a
sample of my own default accent; then you may peel of my accent from
the recording and add, e.g., Modern Icelandic accent if you would
like to (or any other accent - but I think my own should do the work).

/Sjuler



--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Lady Morgana"
<ladymorgana@...> wrote:

> 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.
> ----- Original Message -----
> 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.
> >
> > ------------------------------------------------------------------

--------

> --
> > > 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
> >
> >
> > A Norse funny farm, overrun by smart people.
> >
> > Homepage: http://www.hi.is/~haukurth/norse/
> >
> > To escape from this funny farm try rattling off an e-mail to:
> >
> > norse_course-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
> >
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http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/

> >
> >
> >