User talk:BloodIce

I'm sure nobody will mind, go for it. -- Necromancer 10:36 PM EST, 16 January 2006

Thanks

Thanks for the help, I appreciate it! Is the other Bulgarian text passable? Sallicio (talk) 23:24, 3 February 2008 (UTC)Sallicio

мерси! И сега people think аз знам more than I do! Sallicio (talk) 23:41, 3 February 2008 (UTC)Sallicio

It is understandable, but there are some small mistakes, so if you want to improve it, you might write something like:

На български език

Здравейте! Аз се казвам Джеймс. Аз живях в Благоевград, България заедно с моят баща, който беше професор в Американския университет в града. Казвам Ви ˌˌЗдравейˈˈ и Ви пожелавам приятно редактиране!

If you do not need such a formality as the formal "Ви"="You", you could use normal informal "ти"="you"(friendly), however you are starting with formal greeting "Здравейте". BloodIce (talk) 23:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

P.S. You know enough to make your point ;-). BloodIce (talk) 23:50, 3 February 2008 (UTC)

Благодаря! You've been much help...if there's anything I could do, don't hestitate to contact me! Чао! Sallicio (talk) 00:00, 4 February 2008 (UTC)Sallicio

Varna demon

Hi. The article Varna demon has been proposed for deletion. You can share your opinion on the AfD entry for this page. --PetaRZ (talk) 16:10, 3 September 2009 (UTC)

I was on a vacation ... and away of wikipedia. I missed that, but I was for deletion and it seems that it is gone :-). --BloodIce (talk) 12:01, 11 September 2009 (UTC)

Economy of Europe

Thank you for updating the figures in the Economy of Europe article. These numbers obviously originate from some source, so Iw ould like to request you, since it would be really helpful for the readers and other editors, to also gave a reference to the source used. Also, this is not really a big issue but please do not change the <span style="color:color"> back to the outdated <font color="color"> format. Thank you —Quibik (talk) 14:27, 18 December 2009 (UTC)

Kjell

Hi BoodIce, saw your post on no:tinget. I hope someone can provide you with a soundtrack. Meanwhile I can tell you how to pronounce my name: Kjell (almost Kjetil), but let us start with bikkje = dog (not the nicest name, more polite would be hund). Now bikkje. Here you find the construction -kj- which is very special and I believe you only find it in 26 Norwegian words. Press the tip of your tongue down behind your front teeth. Then lift the middle section of the tongue up so it almost touches the palate. When blowing out you should produce a whistling sound. Now you can do the -kj-, we are almost there: Prepare for the -kj- sound, close your lips like starting to say -big-, open you lips and continue with the -kj- and end with opening the gap between your tongue ant the plate to make the -e- sound that is equivalent to an English -a-. This was -bikkje-

Kjell: -kj- is ok. -e- is very short like in -a horse-. The -l- is a little different than the English -l-. In English you press the tip of the tongue up behind the front teeth, the middle section down and letting the sound out on either side. The Norwegians have different ways of saying -l- but in this case you press the front tip up behind the front teeth, then the next 1/3 of the tongue is also pressed up against the palate. The rest of the tongue is left at some distance from the palate and the sound are let out on either side of the tongue. This will produce a sound that is at a higher pitch/tone than in English.

Kjetil: Now you know the -kj- sound (whistling, tip down!), the -e- (English short -a-) the -t- is the same, so is the -i- and you end it up with the lighter Norwegian -l-.

Hope this will help. (And svensk is mostly OK in Norway, but vise versa seems to be a little more difficult) Hilsen KjellG (talk) 11:38, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you for your comment and I reeeeally appreciate your efforts in helping me. You wrote a long answer :-). I actually can do that sound, since Kjell & Company is my favorite gadgets store (although the Norwegian sound is a little bit different from the Swedish). However I would try to be a mediator in a bitter discussion and I would like to have a sound file for everyone to hear. Otherwise in your mind is perfect, I probably can hear it in my mind, but in the mind of the discussing parties that will sound different. Thank you again. Do you believe that bokmål will be appropriate or we should use nynorsk also. Does the pronunciation differ? BloodIce (talk) 11:54, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

P.S. Vice versa (norsk in Sweden) is more than welcomed. I do not think that anyone will be annoyed, on contrary... BloodIce (talk) 11:58, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

There is no major difference between bokmål and nynorsk. Most words are the same, some differ a little in spelling, mainly mixing -e- and -a-. There is a difference in pronunciation, but this is mainly due to differences in dialects as nynorsk tend to be more spoken on the western cost of Norway while bokmål is more in use on the eastern side. Even so, in Bergen ("capital" on the western coast) they speak what I would consider being conservative bokmål (Riksmål), but with a very distinct Bergen-tone. In the case of Kjetil André AAmodt there will be no significant difference nynorsk and bokmål besides individual differences. KjellG (talk) 14:34, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

Thank you very much. This helps a lot. It seems that a single pronunciation will suffice. Do you dare to record your voice ? :-). A microphone and Audacity will be sufficient, besides an account in commons (which you already have). The name of the file should be No-Kjetil André Aamodt.ogg if you want to do it. BloodIce (talk) 14:47, 18 November 2010 (UTC)

It was done by Jon Harald Søby, the file is in commons. BloodIce (talk) 16:16, 18 November 2010 (UTC)