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Help[Opinions] Re: Jensen
in reply to a message by *Brogan*
Just the most common ln in Denmark. Tops at #1 on the list, and by that, being a Dane, I have such a big problem with it used as a fn.
But if anything, regardless, please please please pronounce is as YEN-séhn, as it is here in Denmark. I hate when it's pronounced the wrong way, as well as it spelled as Jenson. Sure it means "Jens Søn" ("Son of Jens"), but never the less here. (Jens is pronounced as Yens.)
{Edit: Some clarification.}
~ Charlie Blue
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ Me aged 10.
But if anything, regardless, please please please pronounce is as YEN-séhn, as it is here in Denmark. I hate when it's pronounced the wrong way, as well as it spelled as Jenson. Sure it means "Jens Søn" ("Son of Jens"), but never the less here. (Jens is pronounced as Yens.)
{Edit: Some clarification.}
~ Charlie Blue
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ Me aged 10.
This message was edited 11/27/2005, 11:36 AM
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I live in the US, so it's not popular. I read it in a book, and it's a friend's last name, and they (the friends) pronounce the name JEN-cin. Do you think that's okay in the US? I understand where you're coming from with that pronounciation, as I worked with a man once whose name was Jens (prn. YENS). Please tell me if I'm blubbering nonsense! :-D
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I do know that you're in the US.
JEN-cin would be okay, since it sounds a lot, like the original YEN-séhn. I said it outloud a few times, just so I could actually get a feeling of the JEN-cin sound. So as I said, that would be okay.
And you're not blubbering nonsens, since I understood it perfectly. :-D
~ Charlie Blue
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ Me aged 10.
JEN-cin would be okay, since it sounds a lot, like the original YEN-séhn. I said it outloud a few times, just so I could actually get a feeling of the JEN-cin sound. So as I said, that would be okay.
And you're not blubbering nonsens, since I understood it perfectly. :-D
~ Charlie Blue
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ Me aged 10.
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Thanks very much :-D
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You're very welcome. I'm glad that I could be off help. nt :-D
~ Charlie Blue
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ Me aged 10.
~ Charlie Blue
MY DAD: "A firefly just flew down your back. Didn't you get burned?"
THEN ME: "No, it probably turned it's engine off."
~ Me aged 10.
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