Lasse. In English Jimmy is pronounced Djimmy or Gimmy. I have honestly very rarely heard Sweeds pronounce this with a D or G. I used to watch Sweedish televison a lot :-) I grew up on Bornholm and until the late sixties we could only recieve Sweedish television. Not the (only) Danish chanel. I occationally till watch Sweedish TV which is often excellent.
Jens Bladt Arkitekt MAA http://hjem.get2net.dk/bladt -----Oprindelig meddelelse----- Fra: Lasse Karlsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sendt: 5. september 2005 19:50 Til: [email protected] Emne: Re: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...) Just in case it didn't get across - my comments to Jens were meant to be a bit tounge in cheek. Among us Scandinavians we often engage in friendly teasing of each other's way of speaking, based on the fact that our languages are similar enough to be regarded as variations of one and the same "Scandinavian language". In order for us non-Danish to be able to speak Danish, all we have to do is put a potato in our mouth and start speaking - and hear, hear - perfect and beautiful Danish! :-) Lasse From: "Lasse Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 3:01 AM Subject: Re: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...) > From: "Jens Bladt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, September 05, 2005 12:31 AM > Subject: RE: EuroEnglish (Was: Same lenses ...) > > >> We did this a long time ago. Photographer is fotograf in Denmark. >> Photography is Fotografi. >> The Norwegians are even better - they spell everything just like it's >> pronounced. >> In Iceland it's forbidden to use foreign words. They make new Icelandic >> words all the time. For example software is called "Maskinånd" - meaning >> "machine spirit". This is supposed to prevent this small language from >> disappearing. > > >> The Sweeds can't say "J" or "Jack" - they say iack and Immy! Immy Hendix, >> and iack ionson. > > No, that's not true. > "j" is a consonant and "i" is a vowel in Swedish too. > We distinctly pronounce "j" and "i" differently. > Obviously some Danes find it difficult to hear this subtle difference... > > Moreover, regarding Iack Ionson it's the other way around - a Swede would > tend to pronounce such an initiial "i" like a (Swedish) "j" - "Jack > Jonson" (in Swedish pronunciation). > > And btw. "Jimmy Hendrix" is more known as "Jimi Hendrix" (not "Imi > Hendrix"). :-) > > Lasse
