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Pter Posted 18 years ago
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Kjeldsens

0Anyone knows how to pronounce Kjeldsens? It's a brand name of cookies.02br
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1i00Kjeldsens02i00 is Danish, which I am not familiar with, but until a Dane comes along and proves me wrong, I think it is pronounced [kʃeldsens] (IPA symbols). The second sound [ʃ] is a soft s, the same as is the word 01i00she02i00. I may be wrong, though.02br
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01i00Björk02i00 is Swedish and is pronounced in
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0Thanks CB. So, the two J's are pronounced differently because they are of different origins!02br
00I am wondering what a native English speaker would anglicize the pronounciations. Bjork is the name of a famous singer from Iceland. So, I suppose Swedish is one of the commonly spoken languages in Iceland, right? The pronounciation I heard from a previous Grammy Award is pretty mu
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01cite10Pter12cite10Bjork is the name of a famous singer from Iceland. So, I suppose Swedish is one of the commonly spoken languages in Iceland, right? The pronounciation I heard from a previous Grammy Award is pretty much like your say an English word: B-jork. I guess most foreign names are anglicized (or Americanized) by the guests
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0Thank you very much for the detailed explanation. The brand name is in fact Danish but I have only heard the pronunciation for the Chinese translation. 01blockquote
01cite10Cool Breeze12cite10Sometimes the British pronounce foreign names in a way that is 50 percent British and 50 percent foreign. The other day I saw an ad for a French bicycle race on
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