How Do You Say 'Ole Danbolt Mjøs'?

[neutrino]

Quick question: How do you pronounce the name of the chairman of the Norwegian Nobel Committee?

Ole Danbolt Mjøs (copied from Wikipedia)

Thanks

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Do you think there should a thread in GD on pronouncing names? How many times have we had a thread on El Hospital?

 

[arildno]

Just pronounce it, silly! That's EASY!

 

[arildno]

Ooh-le (le as in Leicester)

Danbolt (straightforward)

Mj (as the start of "mew" before the "u"-sound")-øs (pronounce as "us", but with a long vowel)

 

[ilbarone]

Streaming Audio from Norwegian Radio (NRK)

http://www.nrk.no/dynasx?p_lenke_id=360848&p_artikkel_id=2566520&mswmext=.asx" (Windows Media) Norwegian Reporter pronounces his name few times...
Hope it helps.

 

[neutrino]

Thanks, arildno. I guess I got the first two parts right.

 

[arildno]

That's Geir Heljesen speaking, by the way.

 

[neutrino]

http://www.nrk.no/dynasx?p_lenke_id=360848&p_artikkel_id=2566520&mswmext=.asx" (Windows Media) Norwegian Reporter pronounces his name few times...
Hope it helps.

Thanks, it did help.

 

[neutrino]

That's Geir Heljesen speaking, by the way.

That's a lesson for another day.