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[Facts] Kielo
Kielo is a Finnish name, does anyone have any idea how it is pronounced? I'm saying it how it looks, but I want to say it right :)Jeziana x
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I'm finnish. But it's hard to explain in writing how to pronounce it. Maybe if we split the word like this:
Ki-e-loThe finnish 'i' sounds like the english 'e'. Therefore, the first bit would sound like english 'Ke'. The finnish e-sound is similar to 'e' in 'Emma'. So try putting those sounds after another to form 'Kie'. 'lo' on the other hand is quite simple - sounds like 'loh'.edit - found a nice link, pronounciation for finnish names. Kielo was not listed, but a similar one 'Mieto':
sci.fi/~kajun/finns/Samples/mieto.wav
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I can't find it. Is it pronounce ke-el-lo?
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It should be Kee-eh-loh
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So the word kielo has the long e sound. The name sounds like keelo.Such a pretty meaning.Too bad the name sounds like a drug.
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KEE-el-oh would be about right. The "kee" sound kind of blends to the vowel sound of the "el" part of the name.
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My guess is that it's pronounced as KEE-lo, but since I'm not Finnish, I can't be 100% certain about it. :)
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This board isn't for guesses.As has been stated repeatedly.
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Hey, I was just trying to help. You needn't say that in such a high and mighty manner, as if I were wasting board space.
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Yes, you are right, but as I see it, this forum is hardly in danger to be swamped by guesses at the moment, and I personally don't mind the occasional guess. Furthermore, looking at the not-so-frequent comments from other forum regulars in such cases I guess (yes...) that they don't mind too much, either.
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