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WikiProject Iceland Newsletter

May 2007
Latest Announcements & Discussions Welcome to the first instalment of the WikiProject Iceland Newsletter! The main aim of this newsletter is to keep you informed of the goings-on in the Iceland WikiProject, so that you can help use improve our articles! Our New Look As you may or may not have noticed, our project page has recently had an overhaul, please give us feedback and suggestions as to how we can improve it and you can decide what content goes on the page! Icelandic language The Icelandic language article has been nominated for the Article Creation and Improvement Drive. Please vote for the article so that we can get it up to FA!	Needed Articles You can help us out by starting any of the following articles: Breiðamerkursandur Minister of Finance of Iceland Fimmtardómur Icelandic Language Council Icelandic Language Fund Skálholt Agreement Langaréttarbót Miklabæjarrán Píningsdómur Sveinsstaðafundur

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WikiProject Iceland Newsletter

June 2007
Latest Announcements & Discussions Since the May newsletter, membership of the project grew from 14 to 24 Wikipedians. A bot to automatically detect new Iceland-related articles was created, run by Alex Bakharev. See current search results, search results archives, log, rules. A logo for the WikiProject was created. Templates {{Navigation Iceland}}, {{Iceland topics}}, {{Parties of Iceland}}, {{Waterfalls of Iceland}} and {{Welcome to WikiProject Iceland}} were created. The Icelandic language article is still nominated for the Article Collaboration and Improvement Drive. If you have not done so already, please vote for the article!	Proposals You can translate the article on linguistic purism in Icelandic from German. You can check if the articles in the Politics of Iceland series are updated after the May parliamentary election in Iceland. Article on Renewable energy in Iceland has been nominated for featured status. You can help by improving it. You can assess an Iceland-related article. Other project tasks are also available.

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Request

Do you have a microphone? If so, we are in need of some recordings in OGG format of the cognates listed here, apparently my pronunciation was inaccurate and so a native Icelander was requested. It’s a hard language! LOL. Anyway, if you could drop me line to let me know if you’re interested or not. Thanks! Max Naylor 13:24, 2 June 2007 (UTC)

Góða(n) daginn

Thanks for your message. From what I understand, both versions are correct. As you said, "flest fólk segir Góðan daginn". I've never seen or heard Góða daginn used (although I'm not a native speaker, so I don't know how often it's actually used in Iceland). Certainly, it's never been mentioned in any phrase books or Icelandic courses I've used. Also, a Google search for "góða daginn" returns only around 250 results, and a number of those are links to discussions about which version is right.

Anyway, I think the bottom line is this: the article is primarily intended for English speakers, not necessarily Icelanders. The phrase in question is part of a list of phrases for foreigners, not a grammar textbook. It is therefore better to use the most commonly used variant: góðan daginn, so as not to confuse learners. I assume the article you read is this one. Note the last sentence: "Myndirnar góðan dag og góða daginn eru því málfræðilega réttar en góðan daginn er algeng málvenja." Yes, it's technically grammatically wrong, but most people use it as a set phrase.

--Malfidus ~ (talk) 08:39, 10 June 2007 (UTC)