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Help[Opinions] Re: Soren
in reply to a message by Dracotorix
It's probably just me: my husband loves and studies Scandinavian languages, and when we were at school a friend had a boyfriend named and pronounced Søren. So it's something I'm aware of. In the US, is the so- (or sø-) pronounced like the so- in sodden or in soaring?
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I've seen it pronounced like soaring.
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The boyfriend in question said it rather like Sirrin.
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Yeah in scandinavian languages that letter will sound somewhere between "ih" or "uh," but in the US, they would definitely pronounce it like "soar-in." You guys could pronounce it like Sirrin at home, but at school, I guarantee the kids would be saying it the american way, and he probably would too. Both ways sound nice in my opinion, so I don't think it would be a big deal.
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