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One could start off with the really really easy with words like:
Reykjavik
and then get to normal words like:
Eyjafjallajokull
Then perhaps if there is still anyone standing:
Olafsfjardarvegur, Svalbaroastrandahreppur,
Haestraettarmalaflutningsmaour
or the dreaded:
vaolaheioarvegav--
innuverkfaerageyms--
luskurslyklakippuhring--
asteypumotateikning
(sorry,
my keyboard doesn't have some of the accent-letters, and the last four lines are supposedly read as a single word, which halfbakery told me was too long to post...had to break it up)
Fark: How to pronounce "Eyjafjallajökull". (SLYT)
http://www.fark.com...r.pl?IDLink=5216092
Step 1 is completely ignoring the phonetic spellings of it [Dub, Apr 18 2010]
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Wouldn't Icelandic schools have spelling bees ? |
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I thought we'd started and finished this one... |
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Icelandic is a very easy language to spell. It's almost phonetic and has thirty-two letters and thirty-eight phonemes, many of which are simply allophones compared to my English accent, which has forty-four phonemes and twenty-six letters. The likes of "au" are pronounced differently than one might expect, but compared to the pathetic excuse for a spelling system we have in English, it's dead easy. No problems at all with spelling. I'm afraid this is a complete non-starter, though it is very slightly harder to spell than the likes of Finnish and Czech. |
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Incidentally, "eth" is nothing to do with "o": it's a stylised crossed-out "d", so it's "maður", not "maour". |
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//Icelandic is a very easy language to spell// if you're Icelandic. |
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Dozy Icelanders - all we said was we wanted their CASH. |
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I love different languages btw.
so Icelandic is a phonetic language that looks impossible to prounounce (to the untrained eye.) |
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I think all languages have their issues. Enlgish is pretty bad I hate to admit. Even if you speak English as a native language there are too many rules with exceptions: y is only a vowel sometimes. I before e execpt after...except, except etc. |
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English as i speak her is not good. I have an East Kent accent, i.e. a Southern one which is near-RP, and it has a number of design flaws. One is that there are practically no pure vowels - everything's a sodding diphthong. Another is of course the spelling. |
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Actually, i've been thinking about this and if you want a Nordic language which really does have spelling issues you might want to try Faeroese. |
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