psych0naut (![[info]](http://p-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} psych0naut) wrote,@ 2008-04-21 20:17:00 |
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| Current location: | London E1 |
| Current music: | MC5 - Kick Out The Jams |
| Entry tags: | icelandic, languages |
Anyone want to learn Icelandic?
Icelandic's long been on my list of languages to learn (along with Interlingua, Arabic, Michif, Russian, Polish, Luxembourgish, Latin, and Cree), and now that I have an Icelandic friend, I've finally got an excuse to learn it. I signed up for a 10-week beginners' evening course at the UCL Language Centre, but the class is in danger of being cancelled on account of lack of students. The starting date has been postponed to next week in hopes of getting more people signed up, so I thought I'd post this notice here in case anyone is interested in taking the course with me. It will most likely be held on Monday evenings, though the day of week and time can be changed to something mutually convenient. Online and offline application forms are available; the course fee is £230.
In case you're not convinced, here are just some of the many reasons why you should learn Icelandic:
- As it's a Germanic language, it's relatively easy for English speakers to learn.
- You'll join an elite group of just 300 000 other speakers.
- You'll be able to read all the cool Norse sagas and Eddas in their original language.
- You'll finally have an excuse to use the cool archaic English letters æ, þ, and ð.
- You still won't understand a single word that Sigur Rós are singing.
- If Björk should unexpectedly pop over for tea, you'll be able to converse without listening to that horrid accent of hers.
- Bara til skemmtunar!
