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Swedish pronunciation
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:38 pm
by CGreathouse
I'm trying to find out how to say a name. How would a Swedish speaker (any, really, but the person was from Stockholm) pronounce the name Cramér? What (if anything) would be the 'standard' way for an English speaker to pronounce it?
I've heard /kɹeˈmə˞/ (/kɹejˈmə˞/?) and /kɹɑ.meˈ/ (/kɹɑ.mejˈ/?) by educated speakers, but no one I've asked actually knows if their pronunciation is correct.
Re: Sweedish pronunciation
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:41 pm
by Aurora Rossa
You spelled the name of the language wrong, for starters. The name only has one "e".
Re: Sweedish pronunciation
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:43 pm
by Pole, the
Jabechasqvi wrote:You spelled the name of the language wrong, for starters. The name only has one "e".
How do you know?!
Re: Sweedish pronunciation
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 3:48 pm
by CGreathouse
Jabechasqvi wrote:You spelled the name of the language wrong, for starters. The name only has one "e".
Indeed. At least I got the name I asked about right. Any idea how to say that?
Re: Swedish pronunciation
Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:39 pm
by Zwap
Born and raised in Stockholm, and I would pronounce it /kra˩meːr˥/. I can't imagine it being pronounced any other way by someone from around here.
Re: Swedish pronunciation
Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 9:36 am
by CGreathouse
Zwap wrote:I can't imagine it being pronounced any other way by someone from around here.
Of course I've only heard it from native English speakers, so it's no surprise they wouldn't get it right.
Zwap wrote:Born and raised in Stockholm, and I would pronounce it /kra˩meːr˥/.
Thanks. (I was confused at first by ˩, which looks a bit like ɹ in this browser. But you're just marking tonality I see.)