Je suppose que la prononciation des langues scandinaves, et notamment de leurs quelques lettres un peu bizarres, vous a souvent laiss\u00e9 de glace comme celle qui recouvre habituellement en hiver les lacs de ces contr\u00e9es nordiques. La lecture de la Grande Travers\u00e9e d\u2019Ast\u00e9rix et Ob\u00e9lix vous a surement \u00e9galement d\u00e9contenanc\u00e9. D\u00e9sormais, vous serez incollable en prononciation scandinave et pourrez \u00e9pater vos amis lorsque vous regarderez des comp\u00e9titions de ski (je reviendrai sur la prononciation de ce terme dans un prochain \u00e9pisode) ou de biathlon ! <\/p>\n
I suppose that the pronunciation of Scandinavian languages, and in particular their slightly bizarre letters, has often left you as cold as the winter weather in these northern lands. You have also probably been bewildered when reading Asterix and The Great Crossing. From now on, you will be unbeatable about Scandinavian pronunciation and you will be able to impress your friends when you watch skiing (I will come back to the pronunciation of this word in a future episode) or biathlon competitions! <\/p>\n
Let’s start with the letters \u00f8 and \u00f6, which are pronounced like the French \u2018e\u2019 or \u201ceuh\u201d and not \u2018o\u2019. For example, the Norwegian towns of Bod\u00f8 and Troms\u00f8 are pronounced \u2018Boodeuh\u2019 (I will come back to the pronunciation of the letter o in an upcoming episode) and \u2018Troomseuh\u2019, not \u201cBodo\u201d or \u2018Tromso\u2019. The Swedish city of Malm\u00f6 is pronounced \u2018Malmeuh\u2019, not \u2018Malmo\u2019. <\/p>\n
The letters \u00e6 and \u00e4 are pronounced similarly, as \u2018ey\u2019. The verb \u2018v\u00e6re\u2019 (to be), which is the same in Norwegian and Danish, is pronounced \u201cveyr\u201d, while the Swedish word s\u00e4ck (bag) is pronounced \u2018seyk\u2019. <\/p>\n
Finally, the famous a with an o on top, \u00e5. I can see your somewhat dubious looks from here. It is very simple: \u00e5 is pronounced \u2018o\u2019, not \u2018a\u2019. Sk\u00e5l (Cheers!, which also means bowl), common to all 3 languages, is pronounced \u2018skol\u2019, and not \u2018skal\u2019! \u00c5 is in fact a modernised version of the double a (aa) found in the names of the Danish towns of Aalborg and Aarhus, which are pronounced \u2018Olborg\u2019 and \u2018Oroos\u2019, and not \u2018Alborg\u2019 and \u2018Arhoos\u2019.<\/p>\n
Please forgive me for the next football digression, Erling H\u00e5land is pronounced \u201cHolland\u201d like the Dutch province, and not \u201cHaland\u201d, and Martin \u00d8deg\u00e5rd (to spice things up a bit) is pronounced \u201cEuhdeuhgord\u201d, and not \u201cOdegard\u201d. Whenever I watch Manchester City or Arsenal matches, my ears are constantly grating from the mispronunciations of certain commentators. I have to admit that it really gets on my nerves in time. <\/p>\n
You see, it is super simple! That is all for today. More to come in the next episode… <\/p>\n
Vi ses (Goodbye, see you soon)! An expression common to all 3 languages… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Je suppose que la prononciation des langues scandinaves, et notamment de leurs quelques lettres un peu bizarres, vous a souvent laiss\u00e9 de glace comme celle qui recouvre habituellement en hiver les lacs de ces contr\u00e9es nordiques. La lecture de la Grande Travers\u00e9e d\u2019Ast\u00e9rix et Ob\u00e9lix vous a surement \u00e9galement d\u00e9contenanc\u00e9. D\u00e9sormais, vous serez incollable en […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jet_sm_ready_style":"","_jet_sm_style":"","_jet_sm_controls_values":"","_jet_sm_fonts_collection":"","_jet_sm_fonts_links":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about"],"yoast_head":"\n