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Athelwulf, Wikipedian since March 2006.
[edit] My username
I have used Athelwulf as my username for almost everything since the summer of 2004. It is a rough transliteration of two words from a conlang of mine: äþel "noble", and wulf "wolf". At the time I made my name, it was Âðelwulf in my conlang, and sometimes I wrote it like this. Since then, my conlang's orthography changed, and my name would now be rendered Äþelwulf. It is pronounced [ˈæ.ðəl.ˌwulf].
[edit] Languages
I started learning German in September 2002. It was then that I discovered I have a gift for learning languages, and that was when I started loving them. I started learning French in early 2005, and on the side I've been looking at Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. I plan on taking Russian and Spanish classes at the local community college soon.
I like the Germanic languages in particular, and I'd like to become a little familiar with Dutch, Norwegian, and Icelandic, but my scope is broader than that. I like the distinct sound of each of the major Romance languages, and I like written Russian. I'm also intrigued by languages outside of the Indo-European family, such as Finnish, and especially Chinese. I'm fascinated by the many characters that make up the language, which I consider to be inextricably tied to traditional Chinese culture. I like both traditional and simplified characters, though sometimes the traditional forms have too many strokes for me to write.
