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[Facts] Norwegian boy names, pronounciation
Does anyone know the pronounciation (in American English grammatical spelling) of the 2 following scandanavian names?KjetilKalleThese are boy names, some info I show says Kalle may be Finnish. I know the origins, but would like the pronounciation! Thanks in advance.
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Hi!Here you can listen to the Finnish pronunciation of Kalle:http://www.sci.fi/~kajun/finns/alpha.htmThe Swedish and Norwegian way of pronouncing it is not too different from that... Difficult to explain!Regards, Satu
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KJETIL = CHET-til
KALLE = KAL-luhIn Sweden, Kalle is mostly used as a nn for Karl. I think the Finnish equivalence is Kalevi.
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