On Tuesday 10 January 2006 21:30, James J. Wentworth wrote: > Hello All, > > I was wondering how "gram" and other SI unit names beginning with or > containing the letter "g" are spelled and pronounced in Danish? > > A late friend of mine worked as a civilian contractor at Thule Air Force > Base in Greenland from 1967 to 1969. He learned Danish because many > non-military services such as the on-base taxi cabs were operated by Danes. > He told me that Danish has no letter "G" (or at least it isn't used to > symbolize the same sounds as in English). When pronouncing the word > "general," for example, he said that the Danes would say "dyeneral" because > they had no letter "j" sound in Danish. -- Jason
There is a 'g' in Danish, as in the word "og" (and). According to the phrasebook on Wikitravel, it's pronounced as in "gone" or "yes" or rarely "low". phma
