What language is this?

Susan Gable · Mar 2, 2007

This was the only place I could think of to post this. I got a foreign edition today, but I can't tell where it's from. Can anyone recognize this language?

This is a foreign copy of my book, The Pregnancy Test. (But they often change the titles, so we can't go by trying to translate my English title into various other languages.)

Title:

Hiđ eina rétta

And here are a couple of lines from the back cover blurb:

Brook Thompson er dauðhrædd. Prufan var jákvæð. Hún er ófrísk. Bláu línurnar á prufunni breyttu lífi hennar. En hún óttast mest viðbrögð föður sins.

Can anyone tell me what language that is?

Thanks!

Susan G.

kborsden · Mar 2, 2007

Looks slavic to me.

Kie

oarsman · Mar 2, 2007

Icelandic? Here is a rough translation of some of the words from an online Icelandic to English translator: Brook Thompson is scared stiff. Sample var jákvæð. She is pregnant. Bláu graph river prufunni variable lífi hers. While she be afraid of most feedback paternal sins.

Susan Gable · Mar 2, 2007

oarsman said:
Icelandic? Here is a rough translation of some of the words from an online Icelandic to English translator: Brook Thompson is scared stiff. Sample var jákvæð. She is pregnant. Bláu graph river prufunni variable lífi hers. While she be afraid of most feedback paternal sins.

Thank you! someone else also mentioned Icelandic to me. Very neat!

Susan G.

Deleted member 42 · Mar 2, 2007

It's Icelandic, the modern descendant of Old Norse.

Susan Gable · Mar 2, 2007

Medievalist said:
It's Icelandic, the modern descendant of Old Norse.

Thanks, Lisa! I appreciate it.

I told my husband, and he said, "Cool. How did you figure that out?"

I said, "I asked a bunch of other writers, of course!" LOL!

Susan G.

ideagirl · Mar 3, 2007

Susan Gable said:
someone else also mentioned Icelandic to me. Very neat!

Yes indeed. The "D" with a horizontal line through it (đ) is a dead giveaway. That letter existed in Old English and various old Scandinavian languages, but the only place it exists now is Icelandic, Faroese, and some regional dialect in a tiny part of Sweden. So if you see that letter, chances are the language is Icelandic. In case you care, it's pronounced "th" as in "this," and it's called "eth."

Sheryl Nantus · Mar 3, 2007

whatever it is, it still sounds sexy.

Deleted member 42 · Mar 3, 2007

Sheryl Nantus said:
whatever it is, it still sounds sexy.

It really is a lovely language . . .. there's a vowel sound that just stops my heart, sometimes . .. reading the sagas out loud is fun and they're in gorgeous prose.

What language is this?

Susan Gable

Dreamer of dreams, teller of tales

kborsden

Has a few recurring issues

oarsman

Salt water is the cure

Susan Gable

Dreamer of dreams, teller of tales

Deleted member 42

Susan Gable

Dreamer of dreams, teller of tales

ideagirl

Sheryl Nantus

Holding out for a Superhero...

Deleted member 42