Re: [base736] Norway Question
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The way I've heard it said, and say it myself, is like "Sher-AHG". It could just be that the Norwegians I've talked to are very tolerant.
That sounds good in my part of the country! But Norway is a country of many dialects, so dependant of whom you ask it might vary. The real locals (from the Stavanger area) would pronounce the R like the French do. The first syllable, I guess would be hard to pronounce for most foreigners. The KJ-sound in Norwegian is not used in many other languages, and it seems a lot of young Norwegians can't get it right either
At any rate, the way you spell it phonetically makes it sound just right
CJ=)
Us Norgies are having a real hard time distinguishing between W and V, and often refer to ourselves as Wikings