[Wikipedia-l] Old norse

[Mark Williamson]

What I meant is that now isn't really a good time for language
proposals - they don't seem to be well-recieved, especially if they're
for "dead" languages.

Mark

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 00:02:25 +0100, Vegard Aukrust <vegara at stud.ntnu.no> wrote:
> I will use the modified latin alphabeth. Old norse is not so different from
> modern icelandic and often mistaken as that, but I want to use the same
> language the one you find in Norwegian texts from the 12th, 13th and 14th
> centuries. I don't find it more strange than latin, anglo-saxon or a lot of
> other old langiages. The letters which are not used in modern English are as
> follows: æ, o, ð and þ (but not ä, ö, ø or å as in modern scandinavian).
> 
> Vegard Aukrust
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Williamson" <node.ue at gmail.com>
> To: <wikipedia-l at wikimedia.org>
> Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 11:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [Wikipedia-l] Old norse
> 
> > *cough*
> >
> > I'm not sure the current environment is the best place for a request
> > regarding Old Norse. But anyhow, I have a question: will you use the
> > runic script, or the latin script?
> >
> > Anyhow, my suggestion is that you first write a few articles off-site,
> > and if you can try to find people who will help build the Wikipedia.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> > On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 16:57:03 +0100, Vegard Aukrust <vegara at stud.ntnu.no>
> > wrote:
> >> I want to start a Wikipedia page in old norse (gamalnorska), and I
> >> suggest the language code "gno".
> >>
> >> Vegard Aukrust
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