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KillerMan said:
Mad55 said:
KillerMan said:
Erkko Lehtonen.

Wow thats unique I guess. 


Well Finnish names can sound pretty awkward if you are not Finn. It's always funny when some sports commentators try to pronounce some Finnish names =D (for example in NHL or F1)

Ohh its finnish thats why it sounds so unique.



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pezus said:

You should think of the name in two parts (because that's what it is - a name made from two Icelandic nouns), Aðal and björg. The 'ð' letter sounds like the 'th' sound in english (In 'the' for example). The 'a' sounds like the 'a' in 'Harbinger' (how an a should actually sound like). 'A' in english usually sounds like two vowels in one, or 'ei/ey' in Icelandic, but it's right in 'Harbinger'. The 'l' sounds like you'd expect. Then comes the tricky part.

Björg begins kind of how you wrote it, but not with a u and n sound. I can't think of an English sound like the 'ö' letter. Here's a video of a german pronouncing the similar, but not quite the same, german sound. The most tricky thing, I think, for people used to speaking English is the hard 'r' in Icelandic. Well, you could say it sounds a bit like you'd imagine a Scottish person pronouncing 'hard'. Then the 'g' sounds like the 'g' in 'go', but not like the one in 'generous'.

That's it: A-ðal-björg

You shouldn't have to explain how "björg" sounds. I think must of us have heard about a singer called that way

OT: My name is Juan Eusebio. Well, actually it's Joan Eusebi as it's in Catalan, but given that in English "Joan" is female, just call me Juan.



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pezus said:

That'd be pronounced like Mr. Pee in Iceland lol!

How? >_> You Icelandians are odd.



Laurel Aitken said:
NintendoPie said:
Laurel Aitken said:
Alejandro

~~Ale Ale Ale Alejandro Ale Ale Ale Alejandro~~

Damn you! I hated going to the University when that song was popular =). Fortunately, everyone has forgotten it by now =)

 

LOL! Sorry for bringing it up again. XD



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pezus said:
NintendoPie said:
pezus said:

That'd be pronounced like Mr. Pee in Iceland lol!

How? >_> You Icelandians are odd.

Yeah, that's what  π  is called here. That's also how the Greek say it...I think. So it is the correct way!

In Spanish it's also the same sound, but we write it 'Pi' (because we pronounce the vocals as they should).



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pezus said:

Of course, I wrote Pee to explain how it sounds to the Americans

Well then what is the word for 'pee' in Iceland?



pezus said:
NintendoPie said:
pezus said:

Of course, I wrote Pee to explain how it sounds to the Americans

Well then what is the word for 'pee' in Iceland?

Pissa, míga, losa þvag, skvetta úr skinnsokknum etc.

All of that just for the word pee? XD



NintendoPie said:
pezus said:
NintendoPie said:
pezus said:

Of course, I wrote Pee to explain how it sounds to the Americans

Well then what is the word for 'pee' in Iceland?

Pissa, míga, losa þvag, skvetta úr skinnsokknum etc.

All of that just for the word pee? XD

We have pee, piss, wee, urine... 



Andrespetmonkey said:
NintendoPie said:
pezus said:
NintendoPie said:
pezus said:

Of course, I wrote Pee to explain how it sounds to the Americans

Well then what is the word for 'pee' in Iceland?

Pissa, míga, losa þvag, skvetta úr skinnsokknum etc.

All of that just for the word pee? XD

We have pee, piss, wee, urine... 

Oh yeah. XD I was just asking for pee though and I thought all of those words just stood for the word pee and no other variation of it.