This message is from: Jon & Mary Ofjord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi list,
For those of you who would like to see the more Norwegian names you can look at the listings of personal homepages from SOL (Scandinavia Online). Just click on any letter and go from there. http://kvasir.sol.no/personer/ For pronunciation purposes vowels are generally short. "O" is pronounced like the "oo" in "food". å Is like the "o" in "open" ø is close to the "u" as in "hurt" (sometimes written in English as "oe") æ is like the "a" in "hat" aa is like a long "o" in English kj is somewhere between ch and sh depending upon the dialect i is pronounced like a long "e" in English, as is the letter y u is short and is close to "oo" in "food", but not quite a and e are about the same as a short a and e in English j is like a "y" These are approximations and I know some Norwegians out there (Rune L., Janne M., and Ingvild) that could give some better and more correct examples, but this is a basic start for those of you who wish to know. Jon (pronounced "yoon" In Norsk)
