Inspired by @autumn.leavesā pronounce storyās names, Iām curious to learn how other berries pronounce my names, especially since some of them arenāt as common in English speaking countries!
Aase - oh sah
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] - dohr oh thee
[name_f]Ester[/name_f] - es ter
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - jo sihf feen
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] - lou ee sah
[name_f]Magda[/name_f] - maow dah (Danish pronunciation)
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] - mah tihl dah or mah teel dah
[name_f]Maude[/name_f] - mawd
[name_f]Ursuline[/name_f] - uhr su leen
Yggdrasil - ihg dra sihl
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m] - al ahs dare
Alfr - al fuh
[name_m]Cairn[/name_m] - cair+n
[name_m]Fenwick[/name_m] - fen wihk (North American pronunciation)
[name_m]Loch[/name_m] - law×
Ramund - rah moond
[name_m]Soren[/name_m] - sore in
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m] - vee go
[name_m]Wilfrid[/name_m] - wihl frihd
[name_m]Ymir[/name_m] - a mix between ih meer & ee meer
please note that i didnāt do any research on these haha, just the first pronunciations that come to mind when i look at the names. so they could be wrong!
AAH-sah (similar to AH-sah but the first syllable has the ah sound a bit drawn out)
DAW-ro-thee
ES-ter
JOE-zef-een
lou-EE-zah
MAG-dah
mah-TEEL-dah
mawd
oor-sah-LEEN
eeg-DRAH-zeel
[name_f]Do[/name_f] you want to hear my instinctive pronunciations that Iām certain are wrong before I look it up, or slightly more accurate pronunciations after?
AY-suh (guess)
sort of a cross between DOR-thee and DOR-oh-thee - the O sound is subtle
ESS-ter
JOH-sef-feen
loo-WEE-sah
MAG-duh
mah-TIL-dah
MAWd
UR-sul-leen
IGG-drih-sill (guess)
a cross between AL-lus-dare and AL-luz-dare
AL-fur
CAIRn
FEN-wik
LOK
rah-MUND
SOR-ren
VIG-goh
WIL-frid
uh-MEER
Aase = ? (Iām sorry, but I honestly donāt have a clue.)
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] = dor-uh-thee
[name_f]Ester[/name_f] = ess-ter
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] = joh-seh-feen
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] = loo-eez-uh
[name_f]Magda[/name_f] = mag-duh
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] = muh-till-duh
[name_f]Maude[/name_f] = mod
[name_f]Ursuline[/name_f] = ers-yuhl-een
Yggdrasil = eeg-drah-sill? (Not sure on this one either.)
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m] = al-az-dare
Alfr = al-fer
[name_m]Cairn[/name_m] = cairn (literally looks just like it sounds ā the word āairā with a hard c in front and an n on the end)
[name_m]Fenwick[/name_m] = feh-nick
[name_m]Loch[/name_m] = lohk (where k represents that kind of throaty ch sound, if that makes any sense)
Ramund = rah-mund (with the u like in the word push)
[name_m]Soren[/name_m] = sore-in
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m] = vee-go
[name_m]Wilfrid[/name_m] = will-frid
[name_m]Ymir[/name_m] = ee-meer
I think Iāve manaeged to write my pronunciations out so here they are
Aase - I would say aah-sa, but I think itās oh-sa
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f] - dohr-ruh-thee (doh as in doll, soft āthā)
[name_f]Ester[/name_f] - eh-stuh (the ārā is ignored in my accent)
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f] - jo-suh-feen
[name_f]Louisa[/name_f] - loo-ee-zuh
[name_f]Magda[/name_f] - mag-duh (but I think you say maw-da?)
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f] - muh-till-duh
[name_f]Maude[/name_f] - Mawd (like āmoreā with a ādā at the end)
[name_f]Ursuline[/name_f] - err-suh-leen
Yggdrasil - ig-drah-sill? ug-drah-sill? Iām not sure
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m] - ah-luss-dare
Alfr - al-fur
[name_m]Cairn[/name_m] - care-n or carn
[name_m]Fenwick[/name_m] - fen-wick
[name_m]Loch[/name_m] - lock
Ramund - rah-moond (the āooā is similar to the āuā in mush)
[name_m]Soren[/name_m] - soh-ren (soh as in sock)
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m] - vig-oh or vee-go
[name_m]Wilfrid[/name_m] - will-frihd
[name_m]Ymir[/name_m] - uh-meer
Thank you everyone, this was so much fun reading & listening to! It was especially neat learning how we pronounce names like Fenwick (which has two different correct ways, European & North American) and names like Dorothy (which changes so much with different accents)!
Iāve edit the original post to include how I say them for anyone interested
@VEL I really liked how you pronounce Ursuline & Ramund!
@tallemaja TBH, I love that you didnāt research them first, it helps seeing how other people would instinctively pronounce them! I also like how you say Dorothy.
@Greyblue I love how you say Ester, Maude, Ramund, & Soren! āEs-tehā is closer to the actual Danish pronunciation than what I usually say. Ester is an honour name for my great-grandmother who was Danish, but went by the āmore Canadianā pronunciation after she moved here in the 60ās.
@elanorelle I really like how you say Ursuline & so excited that you got the ×/x sound in Loch!
@namesleuth23 Really interesting how you say Yggdrasil, kinda want it to be itās own name!
@lumosmaxima āEgg drizzleā I donāt think Iāll ever be able to unhear that! But that is pretty much the name! Yggdrasil nn Eggy anyone?
@regionlatbest You got the moon in Ramund! I was also wondering if you say Cairn like Karen or like care+n, all one syllable?
@judy.newstead I love how you say Dorothy & Ursuline! Also love that you got the ×/x in Loch, although youāre from Scotland so you probably say it better than me!
@Carys1 Like Greyblue, you say Ester closer to the actual pronunciation (of the person of honour) than I do. Also yeah, Aase & Magda out here with the tricky Danish pronunciations!
Aase- ahh suh
[name_f]Dorothy[/name_f]- Door thee
[name_f]Ester[/name_f]- S terr
[name_f]Josephine[/name_f]- [name_u]Joe[/name_u] seh feen
[name_u]Louise[/name_u]- [name_u]Lou[/name_u] ezz uh
[name_f]Magda[/name_f]- Maag duh
[name_f]Matilda[/name_f]- Muh til duh
[name_f]Maude[/name_f]- Maw de
[name_f]Ursulina[/name_f]- Urrr suh leen uh
Yggdrasil- eyegg Druh [name_m]Sill[/name_m]
[name_m]Alasdair[/name_m]- [name_u]Ale[/name_u] iss dare
Alfr- [name_m]Alf[/name_m] er
[name_m]Cairn[/name_m]- Care nnn
[name_m]Fenwick[/name_m]- [name_u]Fen[/name_u] wi k
[name_m]Loch[/name_m]- low ch
Ramund- ray muhnd
[name_m]Soren[/name_m]- Soarin
[name_m]Viggo[/name_m]- [name_f]Vi[/name_f] go
[name_m]Wilfrid[/name_m]- [name_u]Will[/name_u] Frr id
[name_m]Ymir[/name_m]- [name_m]Yee[/name_m] Meer
pronounce storyās names, Iām curious to learn how other berries pronounce my names, especially since some of them arenāt as common in English speaking countries!
I donāt think Iāll ever be able to unhear that! But that is pretty much the name! Yggdrasil nn Eggy anyone?