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tigermouse88

A Wittle Bit of PWR Research

May 25, 2006 00:59

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jazzqueen May 25 2006, 16:22:03 UTC

I'm very interested in this phenomenon myself, so I'd quite like to read the resulting paper :)

Do you keep your LiveJournal in English? If so, why?

Yes. My LJ has always had an international audience - I spent a lot of time in English-language chat rooms and had friends all over the world. Now that I think about it, I didn't even have any Icelandic readers at first.

Among your circle of Icelandic LJ friends, is there a trend towards using one language or the other?

There's definitely a trend towards using English, though several of my friends have separate Icelandic-language journals - their "official" journals, usually, intended for their families rather than their friends.

When engaged in online dialogue with Icelandic friends (LJ comments, IM, ...) what language do you usually use? How much "air time" would you say is devoted to the two languages proportionally?

On LJ: English, overwhelmingly. IMs: I'd say it's about 70/30 Icelandic/English.

What circumstances influence your choice of language for the discourse (or parts ( ... )

tigermouse88 May 25 2006, 18:00:50 UTC

Thanks so much - that's totally awesome. You're going straight in my bibliography, as follows:

jazzqueen. "Re: A Wittle Bit of PWR Research." Online posting. 25 May 2006.

Doesn't that look totally legit? :D

Thanks again!

jazzqueen May 26 2006, 01:28:11 UTC

Yes, I am indeed awesome ;D
Glad to help. I feel all educational now. Hee!
(And what an education that would be. Ahem.)

tigermouse88 May 25 2006, 18:03:15 UTC

Oh, and I'll definitely send you the paper when it's done if you want to read it...

jazzqueen May 26 2006, 01:28:37 UTC

Excellent, excellent.

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