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From: "Ole Munk" <>
Subject: Re: [Dan-Sur] What is Said vs What is Written
Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 17:24:39 +0100
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Hi

Regarding danish names you have to remember, that it is only the last 80 - 100 years, there have been a difference between names like Pedersen/Petersen, Christensen/Christiansen/Kristensen, Munk/Munch and many more.

In the older days, people did not distinguised between them. It is not uncommon to see a person named Christensen at birth, Christiansen at marriage and Kristensen at death. So remember to look at all the variations, when you look for your danish ancestors.

Best Regards
Ole Munk
Aalborg, Denmark

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From: "hhanson" <>
To: <>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 2004 4:41 PM
Subject: [Dan-Sur] What is Said vs What is Written


>
> Jean is exactly right.
>
> Many of you may have that the opportunity to speak with a Dane, but for those that haven't, let me say simply, it is hard to understand. Even when you know what they are saying.
>
> Take the name Pedersen, not Petersen. When you pronouce Pedersen, pronounce it without pronouncing the "D". It come Peer - sen. Doesn't that sound like you almost said Petersen.
>
> One of the Danish language rules, is that you don't pronounce the "D" when it is the middle of a word. So it is pronounced Peersen.
>
> That is something else that might explain why English speaking Americians might have butchered up the name of our Danish relatives. Not intentionly, but it happened.
>
> How do you pronouce Copenhaven. First they spell it Kobenhavn. When it pronounced it sounds like Kuben - houn. The name Birgitte, easy right. It sounds like Beer - getta.
>
> Also remember the Danish language has three vowels that the English language doesn't have and they fall at the end of the alphabet. The are the "a" with a little oh above it, and it sounds like pronoucing "aa". The "O" with a slash through the "O" and it is pronounced like "uh" and then "ae", back to back is pronounced like "ie". I think the "ae" is a substitute for our rule, i before e except after c .
>
> Good Luck
> Anton
>
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