--- In norse_course@yahoogroups.com, "heathenfray_9" <heathenfray_9@...> wrote:

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> i hope im not pestering any one by asking so many pronouncing q's

Not at all, ask on!

> how is "gn" pronounced?
> is like the english word gnat?

No, in Icelandic and Old Norse, unlike Modern English, both letters are spoken aloud, just as they are when they each occur separately at the beginning of a word.