tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29946685.post4452205857193968448..comments2023-05-21T10:03:48.235-05:00Comments on The Chesterteens: A Smorgasbord...Riahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06384657033530822368noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29946685.post-67679695776183173922008-09-05T11:45:00.000-05:002008-09-05T11:45:00.000-05:00commenting on Swedish word in title:Smörgåsbord is...commenting on Swedish word in title:<BR/><BR/><B>Smörgåsbord</B> is in original language written with these funny dots and rings I've just made.<BR/><BR/>Without them, we would pronounce smoorgahsboord or smoorgusboord: as it is, the word is pronounced <B>smurgawsboord</B>.<BR/><BR/>Like English, Swedish has more vowels than the Latin five * long/short=ten. But when we write one of the extra sounds, we usually place something above the usual vowel instead of adding one.Hans Georg Lundahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01055583255516264955noreply@blogger.com