Message: "Re: Pronouciation of Sigrún?"

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Re: Pronouciation of Sigrún?

by ericita

11/3/2008, 8:15 AM

I just looked it up on Wikipedia, and you're right. The ú indicates that the letter is pronounced like the "ou" in English "you", while the Icelandic "u" sounds like the German "ü". It doesn't indicate the emphasis. I just associate accent marks automatically with the emphasis. ;)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_alphabet
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isländische_Sprache

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- Dragon_Clarinet (not logged in) (guest) +1

11/3/2008, 5:17 PM

I know I am slow to respond, but

Does that mean it would be pronounced Sea-grune? Or what?

- ericita

11/3/2008, 5:52 PM

Well, since I'm neither from Iceland nor fluent in Icelandic, I'm not sure. But it is probably something along those lines.

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