Re: Jed to Reanna re patronymics

Hi I'm new here, and haven't introduced myself. But Americans are
sometimes even more arrogant than the English. I know. I am one. Many
don't care to learn anything in any other language. I personally know
other languages, so not all of us are like that. It's just ridiculous
how many people are.

--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Gerald Mcharg"
<Gerald.Mcharg@...> wrote:

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sjuler" <sjuler@...>
> To: <norse_course@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2004 6:12 PM
> Subject: [norse_course] Re: Jed to Reanna re patronymics -

Jedsdaughter?

> .
>
>
> > Hey, why not 'Jedsdaughter'?
> >
> > /Sjuler
> >
> > Sjuler
> Valid point...but I think the attraction of learning another

language is in

> trying to absorb its spelling and sounds as far as possible. I

remember as a

> thirteen year old being fascinated by the word 'Yggdrasil' and
> subsequently by other words ....'Ospakar', 'Skallagrim' and so on.

The

> English (I don't know about the Scots, Welsh, Irish and Americans)

have this

> arrogance, subconsciously at times, of assuming that they don't

need to

> learn more than a few words of another language. Beyond that, let

the damned

> foreigners try to understand English.This is a mindset which

seriously

> hampers our ability to pick up other languages, living or dead, as

fluently

> as the Scandinavians seem to do. I sometimes wish I was born in

Sweden,

> Norway, Denmark or Iceland for that reason alone.
> But when I tried to approximate the sounds of Old English (reading

from a

> short Old English text) to a peer group, they were quite

enthusiastic about

> it . It was just near enough Modern English in some of its

pronunciations

> for them to latch on to. And the next step after Old English of

course, is

> Old Norse. It's a shame that it took me nearly forty years to get

round to

> it.
> I'll still be in trouble with my daughter, though.
> Cheers
> Jed
> >
> > --- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "Gerald Mcharg"
> > <Gerald.Mcharg@...> wrote:
> > > Reanna
> > > When I wished that my daughter had my patronymic, in no way was

> > belittling the Irish.
> > > What about an indulgent compromise? - Megaera Jedardottir Mc

Harg.

> > > She'll kill me.
> > > Cheers
> > > Jed
> >
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> >
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