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[Opinions] Re: Birth announcements
by Miranda (Randee15)
4/8/2005, 9:24 AM
in reply to a message by KatjaKai
I like:
Alice
Sofia
Mathilda - Prefer Matilda, unless it's a medieval lady
Ingrid Linnéa - I heard that little Princess Ingrid of Norway's name is pronounced ING-ree. From what I can tell, ING-ree's the standard pronunciation in Norway, but is it the same in Sweden?
Mira
Ebba
Alva
Leona
Nelly - Prefer as a nn
Jenny - Prefer as a nn
Lea
Thea
LouiseAlexander
Albin
Adam
Tobias
Rafael
Elliot
Hugo - I've asked this at least twice on the General Board and never got an answer, but here it goes again: how is Hugo pronounced in Swedish?
Melker - Is this a form of Melchior? If so, I like it
Fabian
Sandor
Jacob
Edvin - A form of Edwin, I presume?
Henrik
Johan
Maximilian
Samuel
Miranda
"Multiple exclamation marks are a sure sign of diseased mind" -- Terry PratchettProud adopter of 15 punctuation marks. Check my profile for their names.
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- KatjaKai   +4
4/8/2005, 12:14 PM
In Swedish the d in Ingrid is pronounced.I can't give a satisfying explanation to how Hugo is pronounced, it's something like Hoo-go. Or maybe the sentence 'Here you go' said fast. Does that make any kind of sense? :)Melker is Melchior and Edvin is Edwin.

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- Miranda (Randee15)   +1
4/8/2005, 12:41 PM
Well, "Here you go" sounds like "Heriogo" to me when I say it fast. Lol. But I can definitely understand HOO-go; a blend of Spanish OO-go and English HYOO-go (as listed in Hugo's BtN entry), more or less?I realise it can be hard sometimes to write out pronunciations.Edvin was easy to figure out, but I'm a little disturbed that I'm such a namenerd that I realised Melker was probably Melchior. O_o
Miranda
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- KatjaKai
4/8/2005, 12:48 PM
Don't be disturbed, be proud!
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- mariej2   +1
4/8/2005, 12:33 PM
How about this for Hugo: hyoo-go ?
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- Miranda (Randee15)
4/8/2005, 12:49 PM
That's the English. I wanted the Swedish. :-)
Miranda
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