Re: Icelandic pronunciation and the mainland

--- "llama_nom" wrote:

> A question for all you Icelanders: Would you be equally likely to
> leave out the /r/ after a long vowel, e.g. in 'stjórn', 'heyrn'?

Absolutely not!

> I'm sure
> I've come across spellings such as 'eirn' for 'einn' in the 18th &
> 19th c. paper manuscripts at Saganet.

Weird, but not impossible. 18th century mss. can contain
some truly bizarre stuff ...

E.