18:30 Vi spiser aftensmad og bagefter bruger aftenen på at se lidt
fjernsyn.
De viser Top of the Pops fra marts 1981 på BBC4. En stribe ikke-mindeværdige sange igen,
undtagen Duran Durans ”This is Planet Earth”, der fortæller os, at 1980’erne er
begyndt – du godeste!
Ja, til sidst er det nye årti begyndt!
Derefter viser de en interessant dokumentarfilm, ”The Brain with David
Eagleman” (3. del af 6), der handler om den menneskelige hjerne, og hvordan den
fungerer. I aften taler han om hjernens ubevidste niveau, der kontroller næsten
alle vores ”beslutninger” – du godeste! Sikke et vanvid!
22:00 Vi holde op med at have styr på vores bevidste hjerner og vi går i
seng – zzzz!!
03:30 Jeg står tidligt op og kigger lidt på internettet. Jeg ser, at
Alison, vores ældste datter, der bor i København sammen med Ed, sin mand, og
deres 3 børn, fortsætter med at hygge sig på skiferie i Norge. De har lagt det
følgende charmerende foto op på deres Facebook-sider – hurra!
Alisons familie på skiferie i Norge
Derefter udtænker jeg mine 5 ”pub-quiz spørgsmål”, som jeg vil stille i
eftermiddag til de andre medlemmer af Lyndas U3A gruppe. Lyndas U3A gruppe,
”The Making of English”, samles i dag kl 14:30, og vi skal diskutere det
urgermaniske sprog – hurra!
09:00 Lois og jeg skal af sted. De begraver i dag vores veninde, Eunice.
Begravelsen er bestemt til kl 9:30 på den lokale krematorium. Eunice var 89 år
gammel, da hun døde. Begravelser er først og fremmest til fordel for den
afdødes slægtninge og venner, og den hjælper dem med at begræde, og kommer overens med, tabet
af de afdøde. Hans/hendes slægtninge og venner vil
sige, vi vil savner dig. Du var vigtig i vores øjne. Du har i en vis (stor
eller lille) grad ændret vores liv. Du levede ikke forgæves! Men det er
ironisk, at den afdøde får ikke at vide, hvem er dukket op, da han/hun bliver
begravet. Du godeste! Gudskelov, at vi ikke skal se vores egne begravelser – en
stor lettelse, det ved jeg med sikkerhed!!!!
12:00 Vi kommer hjem og spiser frokost. Derefter går jeg i seng og tager
mig en lang lur – zzzzz!!! Lois går i gang med at lave endnu mere hjemmelavet
appelsinmarmelade – uhm!
14:00 Jeg skal af sted. Jeg tager bussen ind i byen, og går ned til Everyman-teatret. Lyndas nye U3A-gruppe, "The Making of English", har kl 14:30 dens 2. møde. Lynde er gruppens leder, og 4 andre medlemmer dukker op: Margaret, Barbara, Anthony og mig. Vi snakker lidt om det urgermaniske sprog.
Jeg stiller mine 5 "quiz-spørgsmål, some alle nyder. Mine spørgsmål er som følger:
(1) hvorfor tror vi at den
oprindelige germanske hjemland var i det sydlige Skandinavien? Mit svar: fordi
der eksisterer ingen pre-germansk stednavne i området. Tværtimod har
Storbritannien mange pre-germanske (keltiske eller pre-indoeuropæiske)
stednavne.
(2) Nogle tror, at det
urgermaniske sprog er en meget forenklet sprog i forhold til det indo-europæiske
sprog. Er det muligt, at urgermanisk oprindeligt var et pidgin-sprog? Mit svar:
Nej nej nej! Man troede i fortiden, at det urgermanske sprog var en meget
forenklet sprog i forhold til dens forgænger, det indo-europæiske sprog, som
var Europas tidligste sprog, og i forhold til det indo-europæiske sprogs andre
efterkommere. For eksempel, det indo-europæiske verbum har mange tider, men det
urgermansk sprog har kun 2 tider: nutid og datid. Man troede, at urgermansk
startede som et pidgin sprog, en forenklet form for indoeuropæisk, ligesom
pidginengelsk i dag er en meget forenklet form for engelsk. Men nu til dags
tror man, at sproget kun ser forenkelt ud fordi vi ikke ser germanske sprog i
skriftlig form indtil det 4. århundrede e.kr, da den nye testamente blev
oversat til gotisk. Måske var urgermansk helt kompliceret i tidligere århundreder,
da vi først ser andre gamle europæiske sprog, for eksempel latin, oldgræsk og
sanskrit i skriftlig form. Latin, oldgræsk og sanskrit er ser meget mere
kompliceret ud end urgermansk – det er jeg ikke i tvivl om!
(3) Hvilke andre vigtige egenskaber
af det oprindelige indo-europæiske sprog er allerede forsvundet, da vi for
første gang ser de germanske sprog i skriftlige form? Mit svar er først og
fremmest: i de germanske sprog ligger hovedtrykket nu på rodstavelsen, som
regel den første stavelse. Denne forandring resulterede i, at de senere
stavelser ikke længere blev udtalt fuldstændigt: for eksempel, ”Galveston”, et
stednavn (dvs en by i Devon og i Texas), lyder som ”Galv’st’n” på engelsk osv.
(4) Hvilke nye egenskaber kan
vi se i de germaniske sprog, der eksisterede ikke i det oprindelige
indo-europæiske sprog? Mit svar: svage og stærke adjektiver, svæge og stærke
verber, og så kaldte præteritum-tilstedeværende verber (kan, skal, må, tør
osv). Spørg ikke, hvad det betyder!
(5) Hvorfor har
tirsdag/Tuesday, onsdag/Wednesday, torsdag/Thursday bogstavet ’s’ midt i navnet,
mens søndag/Sunday, mandag/Monday og fredag/Friday har det ikke? Mit svar: tirsdag,
onsdag og torsdag er opkaldt efter mandlige guder (Tyr, Odin og Tor) – hurra!
Tværtimod fik tre andre ugedagsnavne (Søndag/Sunday, Mandag/Monday,
Fredag/Friday) ikke bogstavet ’s’ midt i navnet, fordi de er opkaldet efter en
kvindelig stjerne/biplanet eller en (kvindelig) gudinde – solen, månen og
Freja.
16:00 Mødet slutter, og jeg kommer hjem med bus. Lois og jeg slapper af
med en kop te på sofaen.... Og der en masse hjemmelavet appelsinmarmelade i
vente i køkkenet – hurra!
Bunkevis af hjemmelavet appelsinmarmelade i vente – uhm!
English translation
Thursday,
02/04/2016 at 1630 till Friday, 02/05/2016 at 1629
18:30 We have dinner and afterwards spend the evening watching TV.
18:30 We have dinner and afterwards spend the evening watching TV.
They show Top of the Pops from March 1981 on BBC4. A series of non-memorable songs again, except Duran Duran's "This is Planet Earth," which tells us that the 1980s have started - my goodness!
Yes, finally, the new decade has started!
Then they show a interesting documentary, "The Brain with David
Eagleman" (Part 3 of 6), which is about the human brain and how it works.
Tonight, he talks about the brain's unconscious level that controls almost all
of our "decisions" - my goodness! What a madness!
22:00 We stop trying to get a grip on our unconscious minds and we go to bed - zzzz !!
03:30 I get up early and take a look on the internet. I see that Alison, our oldest daughter who lives in Copenhagen along with Ed, her husband and their 3 children, continue to enjoy themselves skiing in Norway. They have put the following charming photo up on their Facebook pages - hurray!
Alison's family skiing in Norway
Then I devise my 5 "pub-quiz questions," that I will pose this
afternoon to the other members of Lynda's U3A group. Lynda's U3A group,
"The Making of English", meets today at 14:30, and we shall discuss
the Proto-Germanic language - hurray!
09:00 Lois and I must be off. Today they are burying our friend, Eunice.
The funeral is fixed for 9:30 am at the local crematorium. Eunice was 89 years
old when she died. Funerals are primarily for the benefit of the deceased's
friends, and it helps them to mourn and come to terms with the loss of the
deceased. His / her friends will say we will miss you. You were important in
our eyes. You have to a certain (large or small) degree changed our lives. You
did not live in vain! But it is ironic that the deceased do not get to know who
has shown up when he / she gets buried. My Goodness! Thank God, that we do not
have to see our own funerals - a great relief, I know for sure !!!!
12:00 We get
home and eat lunch. Then I go to bed and take me a long nap - zzzzz !!! Lois
starts to make even more homemade orange marmalade - uhm!
14:00 I have to go. I take the bus into town and go down to the Everyman Theatre. Lynda's new U3A group, "The Making of English", the 14:30 its second meeting. Lynda is the group leader and four other members show up: Margaret, Barbara, Anthony and me. We talk a bit about it the Proto-Germanic language.
I put my 5 "quiz questions" that everyone enjoys. My questions are as follows:
(1) why do we believe that the original Germanic homeland was in southern Scandinavia? My answer: because there are no pre-Germanic place names in the area. On the contrary, Britain has many pre-Germanic (Celtic or pre-Indo-European) place names.
(2) Some think it the Proto-Germanic language is a very simplified language in relation to the Indo-European language. Is it possible that Proto-Germanic was originally a pidgin language? My answer: No no no! It was believed in the past that the Proto-Germanic language was a very simplified language compared to its predecessor, the Indo-European language, which was Europe's oldest language, and in relation to the Indo-European language's other descendants. For example, the Indo-European verb has many tenses, but the original Germanic languages have only 2 tenses: present and past. It was believed that the original Germanic began as a pidgin language, a simplified form of Indo-European, like pidgin-English today is a very simplified form of English. But nowadays it is thought that the language only seems simplified, because we do not see Germanic languages in written form until the 4th century AD when the New Testament was translated into Gothic. Maybe Proto-Germanic was quite complicated in centuries past, when we first see other ancient European languages, such as Latin, Greek and Sanskrit in written form. Latin, Greek and Sanskrit appear much more complicated than Proto-Germanic.
(3) What other important properties of the original Indo-European language have already disappeared when we first see the Germanic languages in written form? My answer is, first and foremost, in the Germanic languages, the main stress is now on the root-syllable, usually the first syllable. This change resulted in the later syllables no longer being pronounced completely: for example, "Galveston", a place name (ie a town in Devon and in Texas), sounds like "Galv'st'n" in English etc.
(4) What new features can we see in the Germanic language that did not exist in the original Indo-European languages? My answer: weak and strong adjectives weak and strong verbs, and so called preterite-present verbs (can, shall, may, dare, etc.). Do not ask what that means!
(5) Why do Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday have the letter 's' in the middle of the name, while Sunday, Monday and Friday do not? My answer: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are named after male gods (Tyr, Odin and Thor) - hurray! On the contrary, the three other weekday names (Sunday, Monday and Friday), do not have the letter 's' in the middle of the name because they are called after a female star, satellite or (female) goddess - the sun, moon and Freja.
16:00 The meeting ends and I get home by bus. Lois and I relax with a cup of tea on the couch .... And a lot of homemade orange marmalade in wait in the kitchen - hurray!
14:00 I have to go. I take the bus into town and go down to the Everyman Theatre. Lynda's new U3A group, "The Making of English", the 14:30 its second meeting. Lynda is the group leader and four other members show up: Margaret, Barbara, Anthony and me. We talk a bit about it the Proto-Germanic language.
I put my 5 "quiz questions" that everyone enjoys. My questions are as follows:
(1) why do we believe that the original Germanic homeland was in southern Scandinavia? My answer: because there are no pre-Germanic place names in the area. On the contrary, Britain has many pre-Germanic (Celtic or pre-Indo-European) place names.
(2) Some think it the Proto-Germanic language is a very simplified language in relation to the Indo-European language. Is it possible that Proto-Germanic was originally a pidgin language? My answer: No no no! It was believed in the past that the Proto-Germanic language was a very simplified language compared to its predecessor, the Indo-European language, which was Europe's oldest language, and in relation to the Indo-European language's other descendants. For example, the Indo-European verb has many tenses, but the original Germanic languages have only 2 tenses: present and past. It was believed that the original Germanic began as a pidgin language, a simplified form of Indo-European, like pidgin-English today is a very simplified form of English. But nowadays it is thought that the language only seems simplified, because we do not see Germanic languages in written form until the 4th century AD when the New Testament was translated into Gothic. Maybe Proto-Germanic was quite complicated in centuries past, when we first see other ancient European languages, such as Latin, Greek and Sanskrit in written form. Latin, Greek and Sanskrit appear much more complicated than Proto-Germanic.
(3) What other important properties of the original Indo-European language have already disappeared when we first see the Germanic languages in written form? My answer is, first and foremost, in the Germanic languages, the main stress is now on the root-syllable, usually the first syllable. This change resulted in the later syllables no longer being pronounced completely: for example, "Galveston", a place name (ie a town in Devon and in Texas), sounds like "Galv'st'n" in English etc.
(4) What new features can we see in the Germanic language that did not exist in the original Indo-European languages? My answer: weak and strong adjectives weak and strong verbs, and so called preterite-present verbs (can, shall, may, dare, etc.). Do not ask what that means!
(5) Why do Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday have the letter 's' in the middle of the name, while Sunday, Monday and Friday do not? My answer: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are named after male gods (Tyr, Odin and Thor) - hurray! On the contrary, the three other weekday names (Sunday, Monday and Friday), do not have the letter 's' in the middle of the name because they are called after a female star, satellite or (female) goddess - the sun, moon and Freja.
16:00 The meeting ends and I get home by bus. Lois and I relax with a cup of tea on the couch .... And a lot of homemade orange marmalade in wait in the kitchen - hurray!
piles of homemade orange marmalade in wait -
yummy!
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