I have a veritable mountain of work in front of me, but reading your summary just sucked me in.
And rightly so. This is a stunning piece of work, very insightful and brimming with precious little and especially well-informed details.
She translates scrolls and scrolls of ancient runes, spending many nights thinking in Old Icelandic as well as French and English.
Exactly. Because Ancient Runes means Old Norse, i.e. Old Icelandic. The Indo-European comparative linguist in me frolicked when reading this! :)
Living with more than one language means that the languages take on a life of their own in your head. Very well observed.
And Fleur's remarkable canon!incompetence when it comes to English is a very sore spot with me as a linguist, and you managed to make it so much more realistic. There's an undercurrent of French, but that's how it would be.
Remus flinch at the sound of his girlfriend
There are indeed many different kinds of bravery, and you pointed to that very eloquently.
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Date: 2005-11-21 02:32 am (UTC)And rightly so. This is a stunning piece of work, very insightful and brimming with precious little and especially well-informed details.
She translates scrolls and scrolls of ancient runes, spending many nights thinking in Old Icelandic as well as French and English.
Exactly. Because Ancient Runes means Old Norse, i.e. Old Icelandic. The Indo-European comparative linguist in me frolicked when reading this! :)
Living with more than one language means that the languages take on a life of their own in your head. Very well observed.
And Fleur's remarkable canon!incompetence when it comes to English is a very sore spot with me as a linguist, and you managed to make it so much more realistic. There's an undercurrent of French, but that's how it would be.
Remus flinch at the sound of his girlfriend
There are indeed many different kinds of bravery, and you pointed to that very eloquently.
Wonderful work!