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Help[Opinions] Re: A "Danish" name I've always been in love with.
in reply to a message by Charlie Blue
Thanks. I've only ever heard it pronounced with the hard "g." But Dav-mar is gorgeous too.
Do other Scandinavian countries pronounce it the same way?
Do other Scandinavian countries pronounce it the same way?
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I would pronounce it with a very hard G
DAGG-mar as in "daggmask" (earthworm). I'm Swedish and I think the Danish has a softer pronounciationa (mushy we say about the Danish pronounciation in Sweden, unkind neighbours as we are ;)
Dagmar sounds very old-fashioned to me, I prefer Damaris which to me sounds exotic.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
DAGG-mar as in "daggmask" (earthworm). I'm Swedish and I think the Danish has a softer pronounciationa (mushy we say about the Danish pronounciation in Sweden, unkind neighbours as we are ;)
Dagmar sounds very old-fashioned to me, I prefer Damaris which to me sounds exotic.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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ROFL! Mushy?
Well, okay I can live with that description of us. ;-P
We use to say here, that you almost sing the words and names, and that I really like. But your right, we do have a much more softer way, of pronouncing names and words. Then again, we seems to be spelling almost everything entirely different, but somehow we always seems to understand each other. In every way on that matter.
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Well, okay I can live with that description of us. ;-P
We use to say here, that you almost sing the words and names, and that I really like. But your right, we do have a much more softer way, of pronouncing names and words. Then again, we seems to be spelling almost everything entirely different, but somehow we always seems to understand each other. In every way on that matter.
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"Grötig" in Swedish
But this may be that we Swedes have such a hard time understanding Danish. The Danish have it easier to understand Swedish. It cannot (God forbid :) be b/c the Danish are more intelligent; ergo it is b/c they speak mushy.
Yes, we speak sing-songy but we think the Norwegians talk even more sing-songy.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
But this may be that we Swedes have such a hard time understanding Danish. The Danish have it easier to understand Swedish. It cannot (God forbid :) be b/c the Danish are more intelligent; ergo it is b/c they speak mushy.
Yes, we speak sing-songy but we think the Norwegians talk even more sing-songy.
"You sought a flower and found a fruit. You sought a spring and found a sea. You sought a woman and found a soul. You are disappointed." (Edith Södergran 1891-1923)
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Why don't we move this to The Lounge?
Then we don't hog this board. ;-)
I'll give my reply over there.
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Then we don't hog this board. ;-)
I'll give my reply over there.
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