Monday, June 18, 2012

On giraffur*

Editor's note: the above picture is historically questionable and must be used for illustrative purposes only.
In reality, there is no affirmative evidence that viking giraffes wore helmets with horns.


*Giraffur is the Faroese language word for giraffe. Faroe, or føroyskt, is a pretty interesting language to me. It's kind of close to my own mother tongue - at least in writing it looks a whole lot like Norwegian words spelled with an extra -ur at the end of most words, and with certain vocabulary differences that nevertheless are so *logical* that I still understand them.

In the Faroe Wikipedia article about giraffes, for instance, it says:

Giraffur (frøðiheiti - Giraffa camelopardalis) er hálslangt afrikanskt jóturdýr. Giraffurin er heimsins hægsta dýr. Girafarnir verða einar 4,5-5,8 m høgir og viga 800 - 1.900 kg. Langi hálsurin ger, at giraffurin røkkur eftir teimum sevjumiklu bløðunum uppi á trøunum. Hann hevur liðiliga tungu, sum hann skræðir bløð og smágreinar av við. Hann hevur smá horn, knavar, langan hala og sítt halatagl. Við halanum kveistrar hann flogkyktini burtur. Hvør einstakur giraffur er sermerkt littur. Giraffar kunnu tvíspora upp í 50 km/t. Teir verða kynsbúgvnir tá teir eru 3 ár. Teir eru uppá vegin í 14-15 ½ mánað og fáa ein unga.
...which to me reads a little something like this:

Giraffur (wordseed: Giraffa cameloparadalis) is longneck Africanish udderanimalur. The giraffur is tallest animalur in homeplaceworld. Giraffurs can get 4,5-5,8 meterur tall and weighur 800-1900 kilos. Longur neckur does so giraffur reaches after something something leaveurs in the treeurs. He has quite the tongueur which he uses to shred leaveurs and littlebranches off with. He has small hornurs, hooves, longur tail and horse-hair-like-tail. By the tail he kwistles flogmartini cage-trip. Every single giraffur has individualish markingur. Giraffur can fast-track up till 50 kilometreurs per hourur. They are propagative when they are 3 yearur old. They are on the road for 14-15 1/2 moons, and then have babyur.
(So, basically, I can understand most of it, but occasionally fail miserably)

1 comment:

Rob-bear said...

Ah! An extremely interesting giraffability. (As in your ability to giraffe.) I think giraffability has to do with an upright mind and heart. And neck.

I suspect it's a unique talent you have. We all need something unique about us.

Blessings and Bear hugs from Canada.

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