The quick way to double-check whether or not a language has a particular letter is to go to a search engine, select for entries such as "Bush", "Blair" etc from the domain of the country concerned - in the case of Denmark, domains ending in .dk. This will invariable throw up a newspaper's website and you can look at a sample of the language concerned.
----- Original Message ----- From: "James J. Wentworth" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 5:05 AM Subject: [USMA:35633] Re: Danish spelling of gram? > 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 > > > > >
