Talk:Diddú

A fact from Diddú appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 6 October 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Icelandic operatic soprano Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir, better known as Diddú, began her singing career in the 1970s with a folk and pop group?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/October.

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New article: Diddú

Hi, I heard Icelandic soprano Diddú (Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir) sing at a Garðar Thór Cortes concert in London on 26 September 2007 and thought she had a wonderful voice. I therefore decided to start a biographical article on her. Do help to improve the following aspects of the article:

Providing an IPA pronunciation for "Diddú" and "Sigrún Hjálmtýsdóttir".
Updating the information in the article: biographical data, discography, etc. (there seem to be very few English sources).
Providing English translations for the titles of albums released by Diddú.
Checking that diacriticals have not been left out of Icelandic words and names.

Thanks! Cheers, Jacklee 21:08, 1 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I made some attempt to address points 1, 3 and 4 above. Haukur might come along at some point and check it. (A small point, "Óskastund" literally means a moment when you can make a wish and it will come through but my feeling is that people use it more freely now so I thought "A Magical Moment" was a decent free translation. Improvements are of course welcome.) Stefán 17:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

The IPA looks good, though I wonder if that t in Hjálmtýs- might be aspirated. Haukur 17:54, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Hi, Stefán, thanks very much for your help. It would be great if you or other Icelandic-speaking editors could help with the second point too. There are several biographical sources about Diddú listed in the "External links" section of the article, but they are all in Icelandic so I can't read them. As for the English translation of Óskastund, would A Moment for a Wish be more accurate, do you think? — Cheers, Jack Lee ^{–talk • contribs • count–} 17:40, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

A Moment for a Wish seems nice. (Some more background, according to Sæmundr fróði there is an Óskastund one second each day but he doesn't say which second so if you make a wish it is unlikely that you will make it at the right moment. At one point he was sitting in a room and announced that now was the moment for a wish and a servant lady wished that he would father seven children with her. He got mad when he heard this and added that he wished she would die when she bore the seventh one. Needless to say, she later married him, and both of their wishes were granted.)

As for adding content to the article, it seems to me that it is quite detailed. One thing missing which several of the sources mention is that she was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of the Falcon by the Icelandic President in 1995 for service to music. Also this says that she was made a "grandmaster" of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 1997. That second one seems very implausible to me but she may well have been awarded some class of the order. You probably need a Finish speaker to chase up on that. Stefán 18:18, 30 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I shall leave it to you to decide whether to change the English translation of Óskastund, and to insert the additional information regarding awards that Diddú has received since I can't read the sources. Thanks. — Cheers, Jack Lee ^{–talk • contribs • count–} 03:51, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I've also posted a request for help regarding the Order of the Lion of Finland at "Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Finland". — Cheers, Jack Lee ^{–talk • contribs • count–} 12:11, 31 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Couldn't find anything on Google with Finnish search words. A "Pro Finlandia" medal is Order of the Lion of Finland's version for artist/ culture people, and Finnish Wikipedia has a list of the receivants here. She isn't there, but would it be possible she received some other class then? Don't know, no information available easily..--Pudeo ⺮ 22:44, 2 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Icelandic name sorting

This article uses the template saying: "This is an Icelandic name; the last name is a patronymic or matronymic, not a family name; sorting is on the first name Sigrún." However, that only makes sense if the article name were her real name; the article is at Diddú, which has only one name. I recommend it be removed or somehow explained after her real (two-name) name. Rigadoun (talk) 20:03, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I realized this but hadn't got around to fixing the problem. Think I'll put it in a footnote after Diddú's real name. Cheers, Jacklee 22:02, 4 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

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