Message: "How do you pronounce ð?"

[Facts] How do you pronounce ð?

by Radoslava_F

1/20/2007, 11:29 AM

It's been driving me nuts. I see it all the time in Icelandic words but I don't know how it's pronounced. On my character map it is called Latin letter Eth...is it pronounced "eth"? I thought it was TH at first but then I figured out that Þ is pronounced like a TH. Or does it have a D sound in it lik dh, but with a silent H? Or none of the above?

Anyone know?

#pronunciation

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- Charlie Blue +1

1/20/2007, 11:50 AM

It's just old Nordic letters. Strange ones.

In regards to the Þ & þ:
"Th" or simply "T". (Thor or Tor as an example here.) You pronounce it as that.

Now with the Ð and ð:
It's pronounced as a simple D.

I hope that helped you some.

- Radoslava_F

1/21/2007, 9:01 AM

Oh, OK thanks :)

I knew the Þ was pronounced like Th, but I couldn't figure out ð

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