by Ann » Mon Mar 06, 2017 4:22 pm
JohnD wrote:As usual, the Wiki can lead you astray!
In Icelandic, the crossed 'd' letter is the 'eth'', đ, pronounced "th", so it's a mistake to pronounce that lake's name as "Kerid".
It's the same sound as the 'thorn', but for the end of words.
It should be "Kerith", even if you aren't Icelandic!
Nice picture!
John
Right. There is a Viking rune for the "th" sound, and that rune is θ or þ. The rest of us Scandinavians have lost that pesky "th" sound, which is why you may hear Swedes say, "What is dat ding", when they want to say, "What is that thing". (If you are really unlucky, they will even say, "Vat is dat ding?"! And okay, it wouldn't surprise me if some Norwegian dialects still hang on to their θs and þs.)
And in Iceland, the θs and þs are very much a part of their language.
Fascinatingly, I think you English-speaking guys got your θ-sound from us, or at least from the Danes, when they occupied much of England and created the region known as
Danelaw in England.
And anyway, Kerith it is!
Ann
[quote="JohnD"]As usual, the Wiki can lead you astray!
In Icelandic, the crossed 'd' letter is the 'eth'', đ, pronounced "th", so it's a mistake to pronounce that lake's name as "Kerid".
It's the same sound as the 'thorn', but for the end of words.
It should be "Kerith", even if you aren't Icelandic!
Nice picture!
John[/quote]
Right. There is a Viking rune for the "th" sound, and that rune is θ or þ. The rest of us Scandinavians have lost that pesky "th" sound, which is why you may hear Swedes say, "What is dat ding", when they want to say, "What is that thing". (If you are really unlucky, they will even say, "Vat is dat ding?"! And okay, it wouldn't surprise me if some Norwegian dialects still hang on to their θs and þs.)
And in Iceland, the θs and þs are very much a part of their language.
Fascinatingly, I think you English-speaking guys got your θ-sound from us, or at least from the Danes, when they occupied much of England and created the region known as [url=http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/rmhttp/schools/primaryhistory/images/vikings/viking_settlements/vk_map_settlements.jpg]Danelaw[/url] in England.
And anyway, Kerith it is!
Ann