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Re: Names in a Finnish band
by Svéa (guest)
10/13/2004, 11:49 AM
in reply to a message by Rebeccca
As far as I know, "Eer" in Eero is prn sort of like "eer" in beer, and "o" is a short o-sound. So, EER-o is how I'd say it, and Aki would probably be prn AH-kee in Finnish. Personally I think it's lovely to see Nordic/Scandinavian names used by non-Scandinavians and by Americans in particular, there's so much americanization going on here so it's only fair that the name import/export goes both ways. :-)
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- KatjaKai   +4
10/13/2004, 12:04 PM
Not like beer. Not that ee-sound. It`s more like the E in Eric.
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- Svéa (guest)   +3
10/13/2004, 12:19 PM
Yes, that's probably a better explanation, except I'd say the vowel sound in Eero is longer than it is in Eric. But then I only know one Eero and he was born and raised in Sweden and may have "swedified" the prn of his name, I don't know?
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- KatjaKai   +2
10/13/2004, 1:34 PM
Yes, It`s longer alright.
I have swedified my name too, nobody can say it the right way anyway. The Finnish way of saying it is harder than the swedish, which sounds more... happy? And it would sound funny in a converstion to speak one language, and then say one word with another pronounciation, especially finnish. Like "bla lalala KATJA lalala". It doesn`t sound nice.
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- Siri (guest)   +1
10/13/2004, 4:17 PM
how do you pro. Katja?Both the Finnish and the Swedish pro, and is it a variant of Katya?Also, how would YOU pro. my name?The eternally curious
Siri
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- KatjaKai
10/14/2004, 10:39 AM
Swedish; katt- (cat) ja. An extra T compared to Finnish.Your name, Siii - ri (for you americans; Seee -reh, I think), the swedish way.
A Fin would maybe shorten the first i, kinda like in the name Sarah, but with i`s instead. But the r would ofcourse not be prn the English way.
I know I`m rambling.
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