Are there any members out there who are fluent in this lovely language? A friend wants me to compose a poem for a tattoo and as such I'd really like it to be grammatically correct. I've got the poem translated with Google but we all know how that can mess things up if you're not careful...
Help with Icelandic
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Bloodhowl
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Damn. I lived in Keflavik for 5 years but do not speak the language and have not kept up with any friends there. But if I recall correctly from my culture classes, Icelandic was a derivative of Danish. Not sure if a Dane (Marjedi is in Denmark, but I have no idea if he is a Dane or not) might know someone that is fluent in Icelandic and would be able to help you out.
freakinacage
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Squiggie speaks it I believe, I shall direct him this way
squig hunter
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I was summoned?
Icelandic is not derivative of Danish, as a start. Danish, Noregian and Swedish are debased Icelandic.
I'd be happy to look at it, father-tongue and that.
Regards,
Squig
Icelandic is not derivative of Danish, as a start. Danish, Noregian and Swedish are debased Icelandic.
I'd be happy to look at it, father-tongue and that.
Regards,
Squig
Bloodhowl
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Forgive me! It's been over twenty years since I was last in Iceland, and I suffer from a serious case of CRS (Can't Remember S**t!) I more recently worked with a Norwegian that I think said that Danish was a derivative of Norwegian, and Icelandic a derivative of Danish!
squig hunter
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Norwegians are also apt to claim that H.C. Andersen's literary plaudits are also Norway's, because it was under the control of the Danish crown during his lifetime 
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