Thank you. From what I recall, the g sound (as in "Store Klaus og Lille
Klaus) is almost silent when spoken, but when used to begin a word like
"gram" (if they use a g for that unit name), I don't know how it is
pronounced. -- Jason
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pierre Abbat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:09 PM
Subject: [USMA:35632] Re: Danish spelling of gram?
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
