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A major mistake I made in learning German: I didn’t listen.
As I often word it when people ask me how long I’ve been learning German: “I’ve been learning it off and on for quite a few years now.” In learning German, I think I’ve come to learn how to learn … Continue reading
Battlestar Galactica lingo invades Dilbert
When I checked out the Dilbert comic for today, I was pleasantly surprised to see that some Battlestar Galactica lingo invaded: Granted, he misspelled it (it is, after all, frak and not frack), but I’ll forgive Scott for that. That … Continue reading
Does spelling really matter?
I was playing an online game yesterday (Red Orchestra) and something happened that got me thinking. Some guy was advertising his clan, and at the end of his text message, he said: but be warned this clan isnt for the … Continue reading
The various translations of Bilbo Baggins
I posted a couple of days ago about Frodo and Gandalf apparently being of Norse descent. In the post, I asked folks if they knew why in the German version of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings, Bilbo’s … Continue reading
Frodo and Gandalf were of Norse descent
Based on their names, that is. In Old Norse, there is a masculine name, Gandálfr. According to the Viking Answer Lady’s page on Old Norse Names, the name breaks down like this: The first element in this name, Gand- is … Continue reading
Modern Icelandic and Old Norse (and yet more books)
I dropped into the public library a few days ago, just for a quick browse. At one of the computers, I searched for ‘sagas’ and then ‘norse saga’ (I was looking for a compilation of some of the Norse sagas … Continue reading