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To: DYngbld

I just did a google translate. The actual snippet in my post is Old Norse, old Norwegian, which is old Icelandic, as I am sure you know. They say folks in Iceland can read the sagas, as Icelandic is very little changed from Old Norse. I knew a couple of girls from Iceland who worked for Iceland Air (when it was still called something like Lofðleiðir) back when I was growing up in Queens. They were not in the least interested in the Middle Ages or the Sagas.


14 posted on 10/09/2011 7:00:43 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (Ceterum autem censeo, Obama delenda est.)
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To: Lonesome in Massachussets

I have a PhD in Medieval History and studied Old Norse and Old English a little when I was in grad school. (I have forgotten most of what I learned). Having said that, if I were young and knew stewardesses from Iceland Air, the sagas would probably not be my main focus of interest.

I’m just saying....


17 posted on 10/09/2011 7:14:25 AM PDT by vladimir998
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