Here's a dumb question...

[Stained Class]

...from an ignorant American.

What is the correct pronunciation of Øystein?

 

[Zephyrus]

UWEE-stine

 

[karpsmom]

are you saying UWEE like "you-we"

 

[Erik Tiwaz]

http://www.carla.umn.edu/lctl/VAVA/audio/norwegian/oeystein.wav

 

[BreathingShadow]

haha

 

[Zephyrus]

are you saying UWEE like "you-we"

the WEE is a dipthong in a sense, it's one syllable.

"Øy" sounds like "Oui" in French, but with more emphasis on the "U" than the "WEE".

 

[Manu SwordMaster]

Is oeystein the same??
Is the pronunciation in Tyr's post right???

 

[My Arms, Your Purse]

Is oeystein the same??
Is the pronunciation in Tyr's post right???

Yep, but people from Øysteins city ( like me ) would pronounce it a bit different, 'cus we have a rather special dialect :Smug: Oh and Ø is essentially OE if one does not have the Ø at one's disposal

 

[FailingAcension]

Before today, I always said it in my head like oyster....oystien. I just preteneded it was a regular "O"

 

[karpsmom]

Before today, I always said it in my head like oyster....oystien. I just preteneded it was a regular "O"

haha, yea that's what I tend to do with every name/word I read until I find out otherwise.

 

[bngRox17!!]

i always thought Øystein was always the same spelling as Oystein.. the O just looked cooler. i didn't think the Ø meant anything different than O.

 

[Azzor1911]

i thought that it pronounced 'stEEn' (bEEr) instead of 'stEIn' (einstEIn)

 

[FailingAcension]

From Tyr's sound clip, there is a heck of a lot more stress than I expected on the second syllable.

 

[Borealis-]

Well, that woman pronounces it a bit kinky. We don't use that much pressure on the second syllable, I'd say.