1. 2019-11-01, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601) - Top - End - #1361
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    Quote Originally Posted by snowblizz View Post
    Same vowels. Slightly different ways to write them. They keyboard am typing on right now even has them sharing the keys.
    I Think there may be disagreement about hte proper graphemes at least. The Danish/Norwegian version has no risk of being mistaken for a diacritic for example...
    Quote Originally Posted by Fyraltari View Post
    Aren't those diacritics on thop of A and O, rather than different letters?
    They are different letters with their own pronounciation. This band got the wrong kind of attention in Sweden...
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    "Tröjan" means "the shirt" in Swedish

    Quote Originally Posted by bc56 View Post
    How do you even pronounce the 'w's in that?
    I googled crwth, the bard's instrument of choice. Apparently it rhymes with "tooth".
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