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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread calling Norway #77139 07/29/2002 8:41 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia What's the name of the "O" with a diagonal stripe through it which you get in Norwegian (and other Scand.)languages? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter I ain't Norway, but I'm full-blooded Norwegian #77140 07/29/2002 10:21 AM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon Fiberbabe old hand Fiberbabe old hand Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 771 Portland, Oregon I've never seriously studied Norwegian, much to my dad's chagrin... so if it has a name of its own (i.e. w=doubleyoo), I don't know it. I *can* give you, however, a vague approximation of the sound that it represents. Stick your lips out like you're going to say "oooo", and say "eeee" through those lips. I recommend trying it alone - if someone sees you practicing it, you'll develop a reputation that you may or may not deserve... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I ain't Norway, but I'm full-blooded Norwegian #77141 07/29/2002 11:26 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Cerealkid, you crack me up! But--don't yew know it's double-yew? Johnjohn, lovely to see you here. Martin Ramsch calls it, helpfully: capital O, slash Ø Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I ain't Norway, but I'm full-blooded Norwegian #77142 07/29/2002 11:36 AM Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Buffalo Shrdlu Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 7,210 Vermont this looks like it has most of the answers: http://frodo.bruderhof.com/norskklassen/uttale.htm ø sounds a lot like an umlaut - ü fascinating stuff! formerly known as etaoin... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I ain't Norway, but I'm full-blooded Norwegian #77143 07/29/2002 1:26 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 wwh Carpal Tunnel wwh Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 13,858 For another link about Norwegian alphabet and pronunciation: http://library.thinkquest.org/18802/norwlang.htm?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0729 These three characters are Æ (æ), Ø (ø) and Å (å) and they come in that order right after Z in the alphabet. They are pronounced as the vowels in "sad", "bird" and "four". Computer keyboards sold in Norway have three more keys than standard English keyboards, one extra key for each extra letter. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I ain't Norway, but I'm full-blooded Norwegian #77144 07/30/2002 7:08 PM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah RhubarbCommando Pooh-Bah Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 2,204 Just to keep it going - ø means "island å means "creek" so, "island in the creek, in Danish (and also in Norske, I think) would come out as, "ø i det å" I thought you needed to know that Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: I ain't Norway, but I'm full-blooded Norwegian #77145 08/01/2002 2:25 AM Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia johnjohn member johnjohn member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 167 Australia I knew I'd get MORE than the answer here! One of the websites mentions "sociolects" (cf. dialects), which is new on me - I kind of like the notion of a Mitford-like "people who talk like us, dear". Perhaps it's like a broader type of shibboleth.... jj Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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