• neidu3@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    14
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    10 days ago

    Æ = Like the A in (American) “asshole”
    Å = Like the A in (British) “awful”.
    Ø = Like the U in (American) “Ugly”.

    As a Scandinavian, one of my biggest pet peeves is when someone uses Ø instead of O because they think it looks cool. Sure, whatever, but it makes reading it really insufferable. Imagine if someone typed your name as UnduBrani and expected you to pronounce it the same while not tripping over decades of reading practice.