A Handy Language Helper
When we look at some of the names of European royals, we don’t always know how to pronounce them. Below, Nina Berglund of Aftenposten Multimedia gives me the correct ways of pronouncing the names of Norway’s royal family:
Mette-Marit: “METT-eh MAR-it” (accent on the first syllables.)
Haakon: “HO-cone” (definitely NOT “Hawk-en!”)
Mãrtha Louise: “MARE-tuh Luh-VEE-she” (Swedish pronounciation… NOT “Martha”)
Sonja: “SO-nya”
Harald: “HA-rald” (”Ha” like “rah”)
Thanks Nina!
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