Re: imperatives

From: Haukur Þorgeirsson
Message: 9193
Date: 2008-04-20

>> bitt - 8 students
>> bind - 5 students
>> bint - 4 students
>> bindt - 2 students
>>
>> The last one surprised me since it doesn't confirm with normal Icelandic
>> orthography, we don't get 'dt' clusters.
>
> That's curious. Did they pronounce 'bindt' like 'bint' [pIn_0t,
> pInt_h] or like 'bind' [pInt]?

My survey was only in written form so I have no pronunciation data. My
inclination is to assume that they would pronounce bindt like bint.

Kveðja,
Haukur

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