Just how do you pronounce Kjaerhus

[Noox]

No entiendo una sola palabra.
¿ Que dicen ?

[Majken]

hm, blir väl "k'järhus" på Svenska.

Vad fasen skall du in med nåt "j" för? Det duger väl fint med kärhus

/Majken

[Bosqoue!]

Norsk er bedre

He he, ud fra hvad du skriver kan man jo ikke se forskel. Gammel-norsk er jo nærmest en dansk dialekt

Men man må nok indrømme at både norsk og svensk har en lidt smukkere klang end dansk

[Guckli]

Norsk er bedre

He he, ud fra hvad du skriver kan man jo ikke se forskel. Gammel-norsk er jo nærmest en dansk dialekt

Men man må nok indrømme at både norsk og svensk har en lidt smukkere klang end dansk

Det kommer da i høj grad an på dialekten. Men indrømmet, os Københavnere bliver sjældent beskyldt for vokal skønhed.

[OMU]

No ce tat ziceti ma aicea ca nu mai intalegem nimic!
Mai opriti-va odata!

[IainDearg]

and furthermore..................it sounds a bit Scottish to me.
Kyarrr-Hooooose!!!!

And your problem is?

Actually, my surname is Keir (pronounced "keer") and I'm a Scot and I wondered about the pronunciation. Y'see, the origin of "Keir" is a bit of a mystery in Scotland and it may have been due to these damn Vikings raping and pilliging way back when - as many Scottish surnames are. So "Kjaer" and "Keir" may have a connection - but probably not. Although I've no objection to being Mr.Pond . It's not why I bought the Gold Series, though. They just sound great.

[Guckli]

and furthermore..................it sounds a bit Scottish to me.
Kyarrr-Hooooose!!!!

And your problem is?

Actually, my surname is Keir (pronounced "keer") and I'm a Scot and I wondered about the pronunciation. Y'see, the origin of "Keir" is a bit of a mystery in Scotland and it may have been due to these damn Vikings raping and pilliging way back when - as many Scottish surnames are. So "Kjaer" and "Keir" may have a connection - but probably not. Although I've no objection to being Mr.Pond . It's not why I bought the Gold Series, though. They just sound great.

"Keir"="spear" maybe, coming from Ancient Nordic? It's close enough really; a quite common Danish name is "Asger" which is a corruption of "As-Geir" which means "God(s)(ly) Spear"="Spear of God". The Anglo-Saxons pronounced that Oscar, and that's my name.
But as you are a Scot, "Keir" can also be a corruption of Gaelic "Kerr", which means "dark(-skinned)"; takes a rather polluted pond, I guess. In the interest of full disclosure a Gaelic background for my name would be "os cara"="deer lover"="one who loves deer" (to hunt and eat, silly. What were you thinking?)

Torben's middle and family-name are both of the descriptive sort: "Torben from the house by the pond, son of Lars" and Kjærhus doesn't go back to the time when we sacked the British coastline on a tight schedule. Both patrs of the name have been influenced by German.

How's that for sidetracking? Back to music...

[HelgeG]

I vote "ghoti"

Salmon? Haddock?? Cod???

[HelgeG]

Men man må nok indrømme at både norsk og svensk har en lidt smukkere klang end dansk

Det er ikke mange språk som lyder bedre enn portugisisk. E não é difícil pronunciar Kjærhus em qualquer lingua!

[IainDearg]

and furthermore..................it sounds a bit Scottish to me.
Kyarrr-Hooooose!!!!

And your problem is?

Actually, my surname is Keir (pronounced "keer") and I'm a Scot and I wondered about the pronunciation. Y'see, the origin of "Keir" is a bit of a mystery in Scotland and it may have been due to these damn Vikings raping and pilliging way back when - as many Scottish surnames are. So "Kjaer" and "Keir" may have a connection - but probably not. Although I've no objection to being Mr.Pond . It's not why I bought the Gold Series, though. They just sound great.

"Keir"="spear" maybe, coming from Ancient Nordic? It's close enough really; a quite common Danish name is "Asger" which is a corruption of "As-Geir" which means "God(s)(ly) Spear"="Spear of God". The Anglo-Saxons pronounced that Oscar, and that's my name.
But as you are a Scot, "Keir" can also be a corruption of Gaelic "Kerr", which means "dark(-skinned)"; takes a rather polluted pond, I guess. In the interest of full disclosure a Gaelic background for my name would be "os cara"="deer lover"="one who loves deer" (to hunt and eat, silly. What were you thinking?)

Torben's middle and family-name are both of the descriptive sort: "Torben from the house by the pond, son of Lars" and Kjærhus doesn't go back to the time when we sacked the British coastline on a tight schedule. Both patrs of the name have been influenced by German.

How's that for sidetracking? Back to music...

Wow Guckli. My hat off to you. You clearly know your stuff. Yep, you're right about the "dark-skinned" reference, and, in truth, I'm not as pale as some! I like the sound of "Spear of God". Cool - except I'm a non-believer . There is another obscure Gaelic word ("cachair"?) which has been suggested and it means "cabbage" so I discounted it straight away. And so, as you rightly reminded me, back to the music..

[farlukar]

E não é difícil pronunciar Kjærhus em qualquer lingua!

Nope, but there are always differences due to accents. You say potato, I say aardappel...

[Guckli]

Wow Guckli. My hat off to you. You clearly know your stuff. Yep, you're right about the "dark-skinned" reference, and, in truth, I'm not as pale as some! I like the sound of "Spear of God". Cool - except I'm a non-believer . There is another obscure Gaelic word ("cachair"?) which has been suggested and it means "cabbage" so I discounted it straight away. And so, as you rightly reminded me, back to the music..

Don't worry, the god in question is from the old nordic pantheon, you know Thor, Tyr/Tiwaz, Odin/Wotan etc. Maybe Heimdal, he is often depicted with a spear as he stands guard over Bifrost (the rainbow that leads to Asgard from Midgard (Middle-earth). No reason to mix any sort of religion up with it, I'm an atheist myself. You could just stick to the spear-part, as god isn't in your name anyway. That way you can hang on to phallic symbolism (spear) with sinister undertones (dark). Reach out and touch faith... (now don't get me started on DM either, I'm busy now...)

[HelgeG]

E não é difícil pronunciar Kjærhus em qualquer lingua!

Nope, but there are always differences due to accents. You say potato, I say aardappel...

Actually I say potet, (and more recently batata)

[wwwill]

The main reason for my curiousity is recently I called the Asus company with a question about motherboards. Now, I and many people I talk to had been pronouncing it ACE-us. I was really shocked when calling the company and found them pronouncing the name a-SOOS, like Dr. Sues(sp).

Oh yeah, I know I'm NEW to this community with my shiny 34 posts. Some of us have more important things to do other than post in forums all day, JERKS!

That's a joke. Please don't flood this topic with rants about how insignificant I am in the KVR world. I respect and appreciate all the information I receive here, even if it is from self-center, narcissistic, maniacs. Thanks for the warm, welcome feeling Goldfinger and Dr. No.

ZING

No really I'm not being mean I'm just having fun. Please don't take my last two paragraphs seriously.

I really do love this community.

[BenK]

Norsk er bedre

Selvfølgelig det! Men det er jo ganske praktisk at svensk og dansk likner norsk nok so at man kan forstå alle tre, ikke sant?

BenK

Only norwegian by association