Since when did Kallberg change his name to Shallberry?

[John_]

i see you are going through the 4 stages of shellberry...

1. why are they saying shellberry? isn't it Kallberg?
2. let's find the correct pronunciation! it's definitely NOT Shell-berry
3. here we go! found a Swedish speaker. they are confident it's not Shell-berry
4. "Shellberry"

Why is this so true? When I heard him say his name I just went for a drive. Ended up breaking a diff... Why am I getting punished?😂

 

[S2000]

Why is this so true? When I heard him say his name I just went for a drive. Ended up breaking a diff... Why am I getting punished?😂

ALLRIGHT - This is funny. What complicates to begin with this is not English - true our ancestors provided a decent amount of input to the British Iles say about a millennia ago. Antons Surname begin with a so called shea (ea pronounced like in head - smile) -sound of which we do have at least what I learned at school some twenty something ways of pronounciating and not always any clear rules of spelling compared to the sound - sometimes there is and sometimes not. Kristian Shelson - that is quite funny but would be spelled Kjellson and would have the same sound as Källberg. Kallberg on the other hand that is directly translated Coldhill or Coldmountain - take your pick.

Now being slightly more serious Källberg - K is pronounced like in Ch in chance. Kä like the Americans pronounciate Cha in chance. Now to berg with e like in hell and g like j. Simple right - otherwise this with the so called shea sounds it is probably one of the most difficult things to become fluent - well apart from the intonation - which the Shetlanders - the old ones would have little problem with.

I hope this was a piece of cake right?

Cheers

 

[TTTT]

Anton's name is Källberg not Kallberg - big difference for pronunciation.

 

[S2000]

Anton's name is Källberg not Kallberg - big difference for pronunciation.

The meaning is quite different:

Källberg means spring from the mountain Kallberg is cold hill or cold mountain

 

[Lazer]

Is it pronounced like Shellberj then (with a German "j")? With a very soft j, as opposed to the very long and emphasised y you would get in Shellberry.

From a quick look up, we should pronounce Göteborg a bit like Yöteborj?

Don’t know the German j. It is like the Y in You, pretty soft. Exactly like Yöteborj. But I am a little unsure about the last ”j”…

Cheers
L-zr

 

[lodro]

I hope this was a piece of cake right?

you are avin a larf , right ???

I blame it all on those long cold dark winters and the aquavit. 😂

 

[Lazer]

The meaning is quite different:

Källberg means spring from the mountain Kallberg is cold hill or cold mountain

English speakers simply drops the dots. It could be described as sounding more like the Danish ”ae”

Cheers
L-zr

 

[S2000]

you are avin a larf , right ???

I blame it all on those long cold dark winters and the aquavit.

Yess of kåås -by the way did you learn to speak in Boston

 

[S2000]

English speakers simply drops the dots. It could be described as sounding more like the Danish ”ae”

Cheers
L-zr

Sure Danish is also a well known and understood language

 

[M51]

Ok, since this non-issue seems to be settled, on to a more serious matter...

With the Swedes being traditionally good at table tennis and the Danes more than decent... How come the Norwegians suck at it so bad? xD

 

[lodro]

Ok, since this non-issue seems to be settled, on to a more serious matter...

With the Swedes being traditionally good at table tennis and the Danes more than decent... How come the Norwegians suck at it so bad? xD

,,,,,,,,,,,,,,and the Fins 😂

 

[lodro]

Yess of kåås -by the way did you learn to speak in Boston

Rumtek

 

[Bran]

Don’t know the German j. It is like the Y in You, pretty soft. Exactly like Yöteborj. But I am a little unsure about the last ”j”…

Cheers
L-zr

I said German "j" as in "ja" just to differentiate from the English "y" as the terminal "y" in English has its own pronunciation. In phonetics, I think this is also denoted j.

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It's unusual because in English this sound is always either preceded or followed by a vowel (hey/you), whereas in Swedish it doesn't seem to be the case, which led to this whole thread.

 

[S2000]

I said German "j" as in "ja" just to differentiate from the English "y" as the terminal "y" in English has its own pronunciation. In phonetics, I think this is also denoted j.

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It's unusual because in English this sound is always either preceded or followed by a vowel (hey/you), whereas in Swedish it doesn't seem to be the case, which led to this whole thread.

Well wether any bearing on table tennis - you can have both ways in Swedish/generic Scandinavian - most common greeting in Swedish is hej

 

[PhoenixTT]

Ok, since this non-issue seems to be settled, on to a more serious matter...

With the Swedes being traditionally good at table tennis and the Danes more than decent... How come the Norwegians suck at it so bad? xD

I think they make up for it in badminton.

 

[PhoenixTT]

I think they make up for it in badminton.

Wait, Axelsen and Antonsen are Danish!... so what are the Norwegians good in? Furniture (Ikea)? Song (ABBA)? Beer (Carlsberg)?

 

[John_]

ALLRIGHT - This is funny. What complicates to begin with this is not English - true our ancestors provided a decent amount of input to the British Iles say about a millennia ago. Antons Surname begin with a so called shea (ea pronounced like in head - smile) -sound of which we do have at least what I learned at school some twenty something ways of pronounciating and not always any clear rules of spelling compared to the sound - sometimes there is and sometimes not. Kristian Shelson - that is quite funny but would be spelled Kjellson and would have the same sound as Källberg. Kallberg on the other hand that is directly translated Coldhill or Coldmountain - take your pick.

Now being slightly more serious Källberg - K is pronounced like in Ch in chance. Kä like the Americans pronounciate Cha in chance. Now to berg with e like in hell and g like j. Simple right - otherwise this with the so called shea sounds it is probably one of the most difficult things to become fluent - well apart from the intonation - which the Shetlanders - the old ones would have little problem with.

I hope this was a piece of cake right?

Cheers

Sure... I'm going for another drive...

 

[zeio]

Ok, since this non-issue seems to be settled, on to a more serious matter...

With the Swedes being traditionally good at table tennis and the Danes more than decent... How come the Norwegians suck at it so bad? xD

One Norwegian is working on it at the moment...

 

[z0uLess]

Everyone seemed to be able to pronounce Ingmar Bergman. Its the same letters, man.

 

[\_Kairos_/]

Wait, Axelsen and Antonsen are Danish!... so what are the Norwegians good in? Furniture (Ikea)? Song (ABBA)? Beer (Carlsberg)?

Norwegians are pretty good in ski jumping, biathlon, cross country skiing etc. (generally they are very good in winter sports, even better than the swedes and the finns; and certainly way better than the danes in that respect).

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