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HelpRe: Sorry, this message come wrong
in reply to a message by Ylva
I am certain in Scandinavian countries, the "Sor" in Soren would be pronounced as such (more as "Fleur").
I guess I was just giving what would be the Canadian/American, possible British ---lets just say Anglophone--- pronunciation.
It would be nice if people would say a name as it is meant to be said in the mother tongue, but unfortunately, Soren here is simply "Sore-en".
No joke!
EXAMPLE:My second son's name is Calum. I wanted to spell it Colm, which is the original Irish variant, pronounced "Cal-um"
The problem?
---In Canadian/American eyes, that word would be seen as, and end up coming out "Coal-mmm"-- by most.
...As it is, people ALWAYS pronounce Calum "KAY-LEM" hahahahah.
I HATE it!!!!
If you don't believe me, look the name Soren up on several name sites on the internet.
The pronunciation key will even say "Sor-en".
Here is one:
Gender: Boy
Pronunciation: SORE-en
Origin: Danish
Notes: Variant of Severus (Latin) "apart." The name may derive from an old Roman family name, Severinus. Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
While. yes, you are technically correct, the realty is, not everyone makes the same sounds when vocally interpreting an arrangement of letters.
This has a lot to do with accent, dialect, and therefore, location...
In the end, it is quite subjective.
I guess I was just giving what would be the Canadian/American, possible British ---lets just say Anglophone--- pronunciation.
It would be nice if people would say a name as it is meant to be said in the mother tongue, but unfortunately, Soren here is simply "Sore-en".
No joke!
EXAMPLE:My second son's name is Calum. I wanted to spell it Colm, which is the original Irish variant, pronounced "Cal-um"
The problem?
---In Canadian/American eyes, that word would be seen as, and end up coming out "Coal-mmm"-- by most.
...As it is, people ALWAYS pronounce Calum "KAY-LEM" hahahahah.
I HATE it!!!!
If you don't believe me, look the name Soren up on several name sites on the internet.
The pronunciation key will even say "Sor-en".
Here is one:
Gender: Boy
Pronunciation: SORE-en
Origin: Danish
Notes: Variant of Severus (Latin) "apart." The name may derive from an old Roman family name, Severinus. Philosopher Soren Kierkegaard.
While. yes, you are technically correct, the realty is, not everyone makes the same sounds when vocally interpreting an arrangement of letters.
This has a lot to do with accent, dialect, and therefore, location...
In the end, it is quite subjective.
This message was edited 9/29/2005, 3:46 AM
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