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echo: fidonews
to: KEES VAN EETEN
from: BJRN FELTEN
date: 2015-09-16 18:43:00
subject: Various US city names

 KvE> My natine language is of german origin as well, but I never guessed how
 KvE> to pronounce Ljungskile, nor can I pronounce it properly.

   What does it sound like when you try to?

 KvE> The same goes for Roskilde in Denmark and Kirkeness in Norway. And to add
 KvE> a few, how about the proper way to pronounce Copenhagen and Gotenburg.

   Yeah, well, K”benhavn and G”teborg may be confusing if you have no grip of
the '”' I guess, but other than that?

 KvE> I will leave Scheveningen, Schoorl and Schoonhoven as an excersize for
you.

   No problems. Been there, done that -- didn't get the t-shirt though. 8-)

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