Nordic languages 101

[Antares]

And isn't it funny that in Dutch, which has many resemblances with old
Icelandic) we have the same word : GEK, meaning crazy.
I also liked that word Prikk, for stick. In Holland there is a verb
"prikken" for picking (like with voicing)

And I too have known some Icelanders who studied piano here in Amsterdam
with Willem Brons.
One of them was Gugga, a pianist, and I believe she had work at a
conservatory in Reykjavik.
Do you know her? she is a red head.


>Dear Ola,
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>>My wife knows a blind pianotuner in Reykjavik do you know who I mean?
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>Ola, take a look at my name.  Kristinn LEIFSson.  The blind piano tuner´s
>name is Leifur Magnússon... my father!  It´s only in Iceland that one has
>these endless coincidences.  What´s your wife´s name?  He might remember her.
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>What do you say Icelandic piano man?
>>I thought it meant "How do you do"
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>It does mean "how do you do", however this was a literal translation.
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>>>  My name is Oli the Stick and I am (I didn´t get the word Gekku)
>>Sorry I meant "prikk" Thats spot I think (a children song)
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>No it´s not "spot", that would be punktur. 
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>This is the song: 
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>Punktur, punktur, komma, strik
>Þetta er hann Óli Prik.
>Hálsinn mjór, maginn stór,
>hendur, hendur, fætur, fætur.
>Finnst þér ekki Óli sætur?
>Hár, hár, hár, hár,
>nú er karlinn klár.
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>>My wife always say I'm "gekku" That means maniac or cracy I think
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>Now I get it, you mean "geðveikur"!  You got the phonetics right on that
>one.  It means "insane".
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>Gaman að heyra frá þér,
>Kristinn Leifsson.
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