Akerfeldt's jacket

[Carta's]

^ You are. It's like Aw, like "Awful"

 

[Blind Guardian]

Ummmm, what's an H & M?

Are you serious? You´ve never heard of Hennes & Mauritz?

 

[Blind Guardian]

^ You are. It's like Aw, like "Awful"

That´d be the British awful.

 

[Blind Guardian]

Yes.. like in the British way of saying it

 

[Disgustipated]

Are you serious? You´ve never heard of Hennes & Mauritz?

I had never heard of H & M, until I went to Sweden. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not sure that the store exists outside of Europe?

I dunno, I live a pretty sheltered lifestyle; there could be one next door to my house for all I know.

 

[Blind Guardian]

No idea,i just know that dope fiend super model did a huge H & M campain some years ago so i assume it´s a pretty big chain.

 

[Blackwater Demon]

not another pronunciation discussion. I still think its Ak-er-feldt but when I see them live I will be sure to ask him if I get to meet him.

 

[Disgustipated]

Well, if by 'ak', you mean as in 'yak', then you're wrong. Pure and simple.

 

[BefriendedUnit]

It is called a ring diacritic, I don't know if it has another name. And I believe Mike's jacket is velvet.

Thanks. But Swedes, let me know.

ä is to å as umlaut is to...

 

[Disgustipated]

I don't think they really have a name for it aye. I think it's pretty much just considered a part of the letter, so 'å' being a completely different letter to 'a', whereas 'ä' (edit: in German) is moreso an accentuated 'a'.

Btw, this isn't just blind guessing; I do speak Swedish myself, and have read quite a bit on the language.

 

[Blind Guardian]

Ä isn´t an accentuated a,it´s a completely different letter than a,just as å is. Ä sounds like the a in bat,å sounds like the o in more,there´s two ways of pronouncing ö,one of them you cant explain in english but the other sounds like the u in burn. All three of them,å,ä and ö are their own letters.

 

[Iki-ilkkuja]

Alternatively, buy a Scandinavian keyboard.

 

[Disgustipated]

Ä isn´t an accentuated a,it´s a completely different letter than a

I know, in Swedish, this is so. I was talking about in German.

 

[mexicola]

I thought Å was pronounced 'Ah', and his name was pronounced Ahkerfeldt.

Am I wrong?

edit:

Å is like the o in more as someone said.

 

[mexicola]

I had never heard of H & M, until I went to Sweden. Anyone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm not sure that the store exists outside of Europe?

I dunno, I live a pretty sheltered lifestyle; there could be one next door to my house for all I know.

The store exists in the US aswell.