Pronouncing Icelandic: Top 5 Tips

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Modern Icelandic pronunciation has some surprises in store for learners. But with these 5 tips from an experienced teacher of the language, you can sound a lot better pronouncing the names of people and places in the Land of Fire and Ice. With Ian McCollum of @ForgottenWeapons
Jackson Crawford, Ph.D.: Sharing real expertise in Norse language and myth with people hungry to learn, free of both ivory tower elitism and the agendas of self-appointed gurus. Visit jacksonwcrawford.com/ (includes bio and linked list of all videos).
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@solomongrundy9735 Жыл бұрын

Never would've guessed Gun Jesus would guest on this channel, he gets around.

@andrwblood9162 Жыл бұрын

No one expects him when he comes into your life. But when he does, you know peace...

@cullenpinney2997 Жыл бұрын

@@omikhlephonon your mother

@MatthewDoye Жыл бұрын

Expecting to see Jackson Crawford at a backup gun match next.

@lakrids-pibe Жыл бұрын

More like Gun Thor this time.

@shaynethechangingman322 Жыл бұрын

I remember years ago Ian mentioning in a Q&A that he would love to collaborate with Crawford but wasn't sure how it would happen. Funny how things work out.

@ConnorNorris Жыл бұрын

Excited to see Dr. Crawford on Forgotten Weapons to talk about an old bolt action viking sword they found in a river in Iceland.

@lakrids-pibe Жыл бұрын

Designed for 7.65mm Longue

@Wonky-Donkey Жыл бұрын

No you got it all wrong. They found a semiautomatic axe in Iceland.

@SadBrazilianNoises Жыл бұрын

@@Wonky-Donkey A true viking classic! Especially the ceremonial ones with intertwined beast carvings.

@ScottyShaw Жыл бұрын

I've heard they've found a fully-automatic crossbow 😱😱😱

@Wonky-Donkey Жыл бұрын

@@ScottyShaw that was Jörg Sprav who found the full auto crossbow. But it's the full auto spear you should be worried about.

@000Mazno000 Жыл бұрын

I literally just stared at this thumbnail in awe for a minute before clicking

@eldsveg_s Жыл бұрын

I feel you

@raf155 Жыл бұрын

Same. Wait is that… flood of joy and awe. Gun Jesus IS ONE OF US

@UrinationNation Жыл бұрын

I thought for a second the Algorithm has been fully integrated into the AI and it's now just mixing and matching things, it's very strange.

@stayhungry1503 Жыл бұрын

i was like "is that an icelander who happens to llook exactly like ian mccollum!?"

@robertcaseydavis Жыл бұрын

The crossover I could have never even hoped for.

@rediius Жыл бұрын

I like to say, "this is the greatest thing I never knew I always wanted."

@Glockatiel Жыл бұрын

This is exactly what I said!

@thhseeking Жыл бұрын

Just need Gylfi from "Just Icelandic" :P

@ryanxvx Жыл бұрын

I was going to make a joke about that guy looking exactly like Ian from Forgotten Weapons...

@SSCinema Жыл бұрын

My thought process exactly. Haven't been this confused in a bit.

@trapper1211 Жыл бұрын

I just wrote a comment exactly like yours xd

@lordapolyon Жыл бұрын

Jackson Crawford is just Ian from an alternate universe where he got really into languages instead of guns

@SvendleBerries Жыл бұрын

@@lordapolyon Óðinn likes to bring his pan-dimensional children together every now and then to chat with eachother.

@johnscott6696 Жыл бұрын

This is blowing my mind. These are my two favorite youtube personalities in one video. It would be awesome to see Jackson Crawford in a Forgotten Weapons video.

@victorkreig6089 Жыл бұрын

Not Dr. Crawford and Jon Townsend?

@VosperCDN Жыл бұрын

I saw the thumbnail and thought, "hang on, that facial hair looks familiar ..."

@Patrick_919 Жыл бұрын

They could both go over a recovered viking weapon from their own perspectives.

@umbraelegios4130 Жыл бұрын

Trifecta would have Skall in the video. Skall and Ian discussing use of a weapon and Crawford correcting their pronunciation.

@peartree8338 Жыл бұрын

How to pronounce Carl Gustav, Bofors... Det vore toppen! 😊

@Paveway-chan Жыл бұрын

Ian: "So, how do you say muzzle break or recoil mechanism in Old Norse?" Jackson: "Colorado-confusion"

@AuburnTigers111 Жыл бұрын

No he would wonder how to as for .32 French Long.

@jic1 Жыл бұрын

@@AuburnTigers111 You say 'steinelammo'.

@victorkreig6089 Жыл бұрын

Jackson wouldn't be confused ,he knows a deal about firearms

@jic1 Жыл бұрын

@@victorkreig6089 But since those things didn't exist in the times when Old Norse was spoken, it's unlikely that there would be words for them.

@victorkreig6089 Жыл бұрын

@@jic1 there are word equivalents that could work

@daemonharper3928 Жыл бұрын

When two of your random interests collide......it's like when two of your dear friends from different groups meet ....your old college mates meeting your work friends and you don't know which version of yourself to be! I follow both of these guys.

@SvendleBerries Жыл бұрын

Its like a random encounter event in a game, Ian just appears in the middle of nowhere for seemingly no reason lol

@darraghchapman Жыл бұрын

A really weird but wonderful coincidence of youtubers I follow! I have always noticed and appreciated that Ian makes a concerted effort to pronounce foreign words correctly. It's great to see you two together! Just to perch my personal cherry on top, why not drag Max Miller over to beautiful Colorado/Wyoming for a chat? He really goes above and beyond, despite never prescribing himself as a linguist or polyglot or cetera.

@Sindrijo Жыл бұрын

I'm seeing it now, Jackson brings over some hákarl and Max gets to be reborn.

@seanobrien798 Жыл бұрын

Dr. Jackson Crawford AND Gun Jesus in the same video?!?! What an awesome time in which I live!

@GinSoakedBoy Жыл бұрын

Don't you just love it when two of your fave, seemingly unrelated, channels do a collab.

@waaghals Жыл бұрын

This is the crossover that I did not realize I wanted. I suspect the algorithm has fully figured me out.

@toasty862 Жыл бұрын

now jackson needs to go shoot things

@KaitenKenbu Жыл бұрын

What in the world am I watching. My worlds are colliding!! What a time to be alive.

@simaocranmer2949 Жыл бұрын

As a foreigner who lived in Iceland for 1 and a half years, I can say this is very accurate and helpful for those starting out. Would've loved to find this video 1,5 years ago!

@Schlabbeflicker Жыл бұрын

The crossover we never knew we needed, but the one we deserve

@MrVvulf Жыл бұрын

When I saw the thumbnail, I thought, "Where did Dr. Crawford find someone who looks exactly like Gun Jesus?". My mind wouldn't fathom that a crossover with Forgotten Weapons could happen. Hopefully this collaboration comes full circle and we get to see Dr. Crawford on a firing range with Ian.

@berserkurhrafn Жыл бұрын

Bruh you guys were like 30 minutes from where I live 😅 What a surprise on my feed!

@b43xoit 6 ай бұрын

You are lucky to live close to such a beautiful feature of nature.

@johanpeturdam Жыл бұрын

Well, if I may add an "actually": kk as hkk (pre-aspiration) is not just in Icelandic, Faroese, and Scottish Gaelic in this neck of the woods. It's also found in a few if not all Sami languages. I know that Pite Sami and Skolt Sami at the very least have it.

@Sindrijo Жыл бұрын

hah! an akksjúalí

@hognigk96 Жыл бұрын

Funny thing is a lot of foreign people who hear me speak Icelandic have assumed I was speaking Finnish

@johanpeturdam Жыл бұрын

@@hognigk96 Well, since both Icelandic and Finnish very strictly follow the rule that stress is always on the first syllable, I can see why they would say that.

@matthewcrist1012 Жыл бұрын

Gun Jesus and Viking Thor in one video! Amazing!

@jacksteelo7989 Жыл бұрын

I am an English and mythology teacher. Who would have thought that my arms hobby would have been how I stumbled upon your awesome channel?! Subscribed.

@prince-solomon Жыл бұрын

Ian & Jackson, you look like brothers. One is into guns, the other into runes. Fantastic video! I hope to see you make an appearance on his channel aswell! Ian has to pronounce german words so often on his channel, i think you both could make a conversation in german without a problem :D

@rubezahlmountainworks7974 Жыл бұрын

They do look related!

@berntlie6799 Жыл бұрын

Double L (LL) -- similar to South-Western Norwegian dialects, e.g., Rogaland, where "alle" is pronounced "adle"? Some dialects are even more "extreme", e.g., in Setesdal, where LL becomes DD, as in "Valle" -> "Vadde", "Helle" -> "Hedde" (as in well known folk song "Håvard Hedde"), "alle" becomes "adde", etc.

@Wonky-Donkey Жыл бұрын

I was born and raised in Iceland but have been living in the states for the last 25 years and I am a US citizen. I hope you and gun Jesus had a good time in my home country. And just to ....umm... simplify things on the LL in Icelandic. The word galli when referring to a flaw the 2 L's have a hard pronunciation like the 2 L's in jökull or in fell. But when galli is referring to overalls or a certain combination of clothes the 2 L's have a soft pronunciation like the L's in the English word "fall" Hope this clears thing up for you.

@jishcatg Жыл бұрын

Clear as mud now, thanks! 🙂

@Sindrijo Жыл бұрын

Gallinn er gallaður, hann er galli í málinu, það er galli málsins, gallinn. Good luck. :D

@Wonky-Donkey Жыл бұрын

Palli var á palli með Malla að malla og þá kom Alla með alla og fór að kalla á Kalla er hann sá Halla í halla sem fann galla á galla. And let's not forget.. Jón á Á á á.

@Addy1987 Ай бұрын

@@Wonky-Donkey Ái á Á, á á í á - Grandpa at the farm named Á has a sheep in a river. (Ái is an old word for grandpa though)

@danielrhymes4593 Жыл бұрын

Given how conservative the spelling of Icelandic is it makes sense it's pronounced so counter intuitively, but it explains why it was really challenging to try to learn online without a teacher.

@minirop Жыл бұрын

Look at French about how "au" and "eau" are both pronounced "o".

@gubjorggisladottir3525 Жыл бұрын

Conservative spelling? you either spell correctly or incorrectly but we do not have a spelling be contests in Icelandic (not so I have ever known at least)

@danielrhymes4593 Жыл бұрын

@@gubjorggisladottir3525 by that I mean Icelandic is spelt almost identically to Old Norse despite not sounding the same, as in, hasn't changed much in a thousand years. It's not a value judgement, just an observation :)

@danielrhymes4593 Жыл бұрын

@@minirop fair! I learned French in school so I didn't have the same struggle learning as I did with Icelandic

@DoormanDan88 Жыл бұрын

Love me some Ian and Forgotten Weapons! Never thought I’d see you two together on KZfaq. The internet sure can be a great place.

@lakrids-pibe Жыл бұрын

I have vivid memories about Ian's videos on the norwegian *Postførervergepistol* and the ones he made from *Tøjhusmuseet* in Denmark. He's not afraid of a linguistic challenge.

@Sta_cotto Жыл бұрын

As a half-icelander who never learned the language formally but was always passively exposed from my mother and her family, this explains a lot!

@Mara999 Жыл бұрын

I've long wanted to learn how to speak Icelandic, to use it as a gateway to learning Old Norse. I'm a Finland-Swedish speaker, so my Swedish is a bit archaic compared to Swedish-Swedish, with lots of harsher sounds. Modern Icelandic pronunciation has quite a bit of similar sounds to Finnish, while your guides to Old Norse curiously resemble Finnish even more. That's why I suspect that I could reasonably well learn to pronounce Old East Norse by first learning modern Icelandic, then try to adapt it to my natural Finnish-inspired dialect of Swedish.

@hattorihanzo2275 Жыл бұрын

I spent a week in Iceland trying to say "Eyjafjallajökull". Rolls off the tongue once I nailed it down but it took time.

@nirfz Жыл бұрын

Oh, the dreaded vulcano of 2010. I remember the chaos it's eruption brought upon europes air travel.

@Angitangerina 5 ай бұрын

My grandfather in MN could speak and read Finnish. He lived to be 102. His parents came from Pori and Alajarvi Finland to the US before he was born in 1911, so he was able to grow up knowing the language along with English. It was so beautiful to watch him speak at the Finnish gatherings, the words just rolled off his tongue effortlessly. CRAZY WORDS!! It seemed impossible to pronounce. Of course when you’re a kid, you don’t have much patience. After hearing the band Heilung from Denmark, it reawakened the old languages in my heart and I phonetically learned how to sing their songs(due to a couple boring years during covid). It was perfect timing. Most songs are in old Norse & Germanic but some Icelandic and others. I’d highly recommend anyone see them live if you get a chance. Beautiful Anyway, after that I started learning some Finnish on Duolingo, I sure wish gramps was here to help me, but I’ll do what I can, just for fun. It’s not easy but it’s a super brain workout and good to challenge yourself. 💪🏼 Also learned some Icelandic. I hope to visit Iceland someday & I appreciate this video. Love the old world(in this new world of course) ♥️ keeping it alive! SKOL From Denver, CO

@asacorp2 Жыл бұрын

This is such a wild crossover between youtubers and yet it also makes perfect sense

@gratefulguy4130 Жыл бұрын

Tolkien uses th & dh to represent those differences between "th" sounds. He got a lot of inspiration for Elvish (especially Quendi, the High Elven) from the Icelandic language.

@TheOnlyToblin Жыл бұрын

You got that backwards, but otherwise correctly. Quenya (high elven, or old elven) is largely inspired by Finnish, while Sindarin (new elven) is inspired by a whole load of languages, but also Icelandic. Though, as him being a linguist, he likely took inspiration from a whole lot of languages for all his conlangs, so you saying Quenya being inspired by Icelandic likely isn't outright wrong, even if Finnish and Estonian were the "primary" inspirations.

@andeve3 Жыл бұрын

Quenya looks like Latin and Gothic made baby with Finnish. Sindarin feels much more Welsh, maybe because of the words with gw in them.

@ollep9142 Жыл бұрын

I'm impressed by the audio here. Sitting that close to Dettifoss the noise from the river usually makes any conversation a shouting match...

@Duececoupe Жыл бұрын

I thought that fella to the left looked familiar.... Will there be a Forgotten Weapons video on Mjölner in the future? 🤨🤔😉

@grantcook3739 Жыл бұрын

An April Fools crossover?

@melissamybubbles6139 Жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful spot. I'm glad you got to go there.

@donston5624 Жыл бұрын

The easiest way to memorize the difference between þ and ð in my opinion is in the names of the letters themselves. Þ is pronounced like the "th" in its name "thorn" whereas ð is prounced like the "th" in its name "eth".

@tjstarr2960 Жыл бұрын

That is only good if you know how to pronounce the letter names correctly. A lot of English speakers would intuitively look at a word like "eth" and pronounce it as if it rhymed with "breath". We don't usually have the "eth" sound at the end of English words, unless they are verbs, like the difference between the noun "breath" and the verb "breathe". I do remember that the letter "thorn" is pronounced like it is in the word "thorn". But, nobody seems to remember how "eth" is pronounced. You can either remember it the way you said, by the letter name, and remember that "eth" rhymes with the first syllable in "feather", or you can see that the letter "eth" is just a curly letter d with a line through it. Jackson Crawford called it "an O with an X above it", but really it comes from the letter D. It is easy to hear how the "eth" sound is similar to a D sound, and plenty of English dialects replace the "eth" sound with a D, saying "Dis" instead of "this".

@toasty862 Жыл бұрын

to an english speaker with no other context, those two "th" sounds are the same

@b43xoit 6 ай бұрын

@@tjstarr2960 > and half the writers on the Internet interchange these at random, as though they never heard them as different.

@V4R6R Жыл бұрын

Love both of these guy's channels. Awesome and unexpected crossover.

@bjarnivalur6330 Жыл бұрын

In school, when we were learning the double consonants (tt, kk, pp), it was explained as you do a little hiccup on the sound before it: Ta^kk, Hre^ppur, De^tta. That's how my baby brain understood it.

@minirop Жыл бұрын

I never noticed how at 0:44, the groundhog is in sync with the "shtoing" on the music.

@korpw Жыл бұрын

Really interesting, as a Norwegian this makes sense.

@desert_jin6281 Жыл бұрын

That double-L reminds me of (ancient) Greek. There double-G goes "N-G" (aggelos -> angelos)

@brianknezevich9894 Жыл бұрын

Hahaha, I've followed Forgotten weapons longer, but your channel is what inspired me to spend the time and effort to learn conversational Icelandic...

@JohnM-cd4ou Жыл бұрын

This is an incredible crossover

@alexfurst1397 Жыл бұрын

This is the crossover we have all been waiting for. Hopefully you get to visit the range with him in AZ.

@gunnarhakonsson2477 Жыл бұрын

The crossover i never thought i would see…and the one i needed the most…

@juanchitaro5380 Жыл бұрын

And I thought I was just one step away from reciting sagas like the old norse. A man can dream.

@YummyNukes Жыл бұрын

An unexpected crossover but a welcome one

@thhseeking Жыл бұрын

That helps me watching "Just Icelandic". He has fun sometimes saying "here are some more words for you to learn" - yeah, right :P

@Fridrik- Жыл бұрын

Vatn/Vatnið (water/the water) is of those the strangest thing to teach in Icelandic pronunciation. The reason being that at after the T you push some extra air out of your nose. You can hear Crawford over emphasising it a little to teach it. But then say it like a native when saying Vatnajökull. It’s such a strange physical feeling that it tends to confuse people.

@DeltadronesBr Жыл бұрын

Would be awesome to meet Wild Bill Hicock in Iceland!!

@kristjanjonsson7723 Жыл бұрын

Nice to see Ian basically in my backyard. Lots of forgotten weapons to dig up here 😄

@devonmcintyre9476 Жыл бұрын

Single words have many so many meanings 😭❤️

@bjarkih1977 Жыл бұрын

Ð/ð is like th in 'the' Þ/þ is like th in 'Thursday' or 'Þór' a simple way to remember the difference :)

@Klaymour28 6 ай бұрын

For the "Thorn" and Eth" letters, I always describe them as "hard" TH and "soft" TH respectfully.

@markadams7597 Жыл бұрын

Wahoo! Iceland!! Show us your journey in, and tell us your impressions of, the Land of Fire and Ice. Great vid, Ty.

@Mute_Nostril_Agony Жыл бұрын

Wow! What a crossover... Two of my favourite KZfaqrs. Wait til you find out what Welsh speakers do with "ll"

@j_woodart Жыл бұрын

Fascinating video! I'm currently two years into learning Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic) and it never occured to me that the pre-aspiration I'm now familiar with is linked to a sound I had noticed but not thought about in Icelandic and other languages in the region. I won't be able to un-notice that any time I hear Icelandic from now on! One fun thing in Gàidhlig is that this pre-aspiration is sometimes the only way (besides context) to distinguish between words that are otherwise homophones, such as "Mac" (son) and "Mag" (to mock). Helpfully, some speakers don't pre-aspirate for t or p, or just don't pre-aspirate at all. Combined with frequent lenition this does make it somewhat hard to get your ear in as a beginner. Your videos always get things across really clearly, and Ian seemed to be getting the hang very quickly too! Great stuff!

@campbell1446 5 ай бұрын

I'm learning Scottish Gaelic, too, and as a beginner, I work HARD at making sure I get that preaspiration right.

@CattooButt Жыл бұрын

Interesting language. Am glad I clicked Ian’s link in the Icelandic Firearms video.

@malladogg Жыл бұрын

I actually love this, the first tip is also my nr 1. Tip to help tourist ask for directions

@timbrosius 9 ай бұрын

I am going to rewatch this several times

@cuddlestsq2730 Жыл бұрын

Actually there's at least one dialect in Norway, that of Gudbrandsdal, which does also have the preaspirated plosives. Which just complicates the whole thing about where they came from.

@dirktermagant5629 Жыл бұрын

Well, this is a delightful collaboration.

@mysticnovelbro Жыл бұрын

Iconic duo

@paulaunger3061 Жыл бұрын

This was lovely. And really interesting - I tried out some of this and now my throat feels odd! Commiserations to the person who fell in the waterfall! LOL!

@liamgibson8602 Жыл бұрын

Jackson really gets around huh? Crossing over with Einar Selvik and Gun Jesus

@shawnhuk Жыл бұрын

I find it interesting you promote Grimfrost - I’ve been listening to Johan Hegg in Amon Amarth for 20 years.

@thiudan Жыл бұрын

This is the most spectacular and unexpected collaboration on youtube! Two of my favorite youtubers together in Iceland!

@LS-sp5hr Жыл бұрын

A crossover I would have never even thought of

@matthewkowalski2164 Жыл бұрын

Crossover of the century for one very specific type of guy

@unlawfulfalafel7634 Жыл бұрын

The Thorn and Eth play by the same rules in Old English/Anglo-Saxon, really interesting to see how Germanic languages connect, especially older varieties of English to modern languages. Great video, haven't considered learning Icelandic but maybe that'll change soon!

@blakejon Жыл бұрын

My understanding is that þ and ð were used interchangeably in Old English, depending on the fashion of the day. During Alfred the Great's time for example, þ was generally preferred. In any case, they both represented both the voiced and unvoiced dental fricatives. depending on where they were placed in a word.

@ornsteinsolaire1486 Жыл бұрын

@@blakejon interesting didn't know that, I'm sure spelling conventions varied throughout the time period and by region. I just remembered being taught about both letters in a course I took in college but it's been a while

@jic1 Жыл бұрын

@@blakejon I wouldn't be at all surprised, considering that whole 'J and I are interchangeable' thing didn't really get nailed down in modern English until the 19th century. It stands to reason that the same kind of thing would also have happened with now obsolete letters.

@oldschooljack3479 7 ай бұрын

A couple of my favorite dudes in the same video. Cool!

@etepeteseat7424 Жыл бұрын

I was expecting to eventually see a Jackson Crawford/Forgotten Weapons crossover. This was not what I had envisioned, lol.

@hrafnagu9243 Жыл бұрын

Iceland is the last place I thought I'd see Ian McCollum. Let alone doing a video with Jackson Crawford. I like it though.

@kbjerke Жыл бұрын

AWESOME to see Ian here!! Thank you!

@lionheart1234 Жыл бұрын

AWESOME! I love both Ian's and Jackson's channel's and content!

@veldin25 Жыл бұрын

So much joy whenever I see KZfaq channels like this cross paths

@pokemon1895 Жыл бұрын

Wild. Wild finding you two together.

@PalleRasmussen Жыл бұрын

Gun Jesus 😀❤️ And you guys are on Iceland ❤️ I am not as surprised as the rest of the commenters; after all, Mr. Crawford often wields a gun in his intro or outro. And he is from a clearly rural and conservative background where guns are part of life. I am more curious as to how you two got together, and ended up on Iceland ❤️

@kimfleury Жыл бұрын

That tip of the touque was perfect.

@Rultog Жыл бұрын

Wow, they look like they are just alternate dimension versions of each other!

@kensei10 Жыл бұрын

Two of my favorite thoughtful youtubers in one video!

@cemreomerayna463 Жыл бұрын

I said wtf inside my brain when I saw Ian's face suddenly. Great collaboration, I love watching you both!

@QuintenKilborn Жыл бұрын

excellent video, thank you for the education!

@osvaldoolmeda3773 Жыл бұрын

Really love those details in the language!

@sodapop9mm562 Жыл бұрын

I’m in shock to see Ian on my other favorite KZfaq channel. Thanks for such a cool video!

@solomonkain Жыл бұрын

Awesome. What a cool backdrop too.

@nikolasvankeersbilck7689 Жыл бұрын

Would love some more videos on modern Icelandic! Your original video on Icelandic pronunciation was a lifesaver when I moved to Iceland.

@jdonland Жыл бұрын

This is quite a crossover.

@melissahdawn Жыл бұрын

I love this!!! I could never understand "th"e difference between đ or þ, or even hear them differently; now, I have something to practice!!!! Thank you.

@the_zsriverpanda Жыл бұрын

If it helps, it's the difference between "either" and "ether." It's always interesting to me that apparently a lot of native English speakers don't realize there's two "th" sounds in their language, whereas for me, who was immensely confused by the distinction between dad and dead, feet and fit, and dock and duck, it was never what I struggled with. lol

@watchmakerful Жыл бұрын

Do you hear the difference between "then" and "thing" in English? "Then" has "ð", "thing" has "þ".

@melissahdawn Жыл бұрын

@@watchmakerful yes, I have heard people say that, but I cannot hear a difference. They feel the same when holding my throat as well, but with practice I can learn to say them different, maybe.

@watchmakerful Жыл бұрын

@@melissahdawn The difference is the same as between "s" and "z". One is voiceless, the other one is voiced.

@melissahdawn Жыл бұрын

@@the_zsriverpanda at university, my roomate coukd not hear any difference between "L" and "R". My best friend called and there was a written message near the phone that said "rianne called and wants you to call her back." My best friend's name is LeAnne pronounced Leeeeee Ahnnnnnn. And I was confused as to who "Rain" was.

@Rami-ll2bq Жыл бұрын

amazing, gun jesus, where you expect him least, but now that I think of it, jacksons cowboy outfit would match a walker revolver

@Gungnir762 Жыл бұрын

Awesome. Hope you had a wicked good time in Finland.

@ericraymond3734 Жыл бұрын

Two great KZfaqrs that KZfaq great together!

@victorkreig6089 Жыл бұрын

Glad you could make it out to Iceland, always a pleasure doctor

@Jonasinn Жыл бұрын

Unbeliveable ! I have been watching your channel for years and enjoying it greatly, and now I open youtube and see that you posted this video yesterday from the town I live in Selfoss. Mind blown :) Love your content, and If you are still in the area you are more then welcome to be in touch and I would love to help you out with anything you need. Lot of cool stuff to see and do