• Dr. Bob@lemmy.ca
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      1 day ago

      Engage pedant mode!

      The Swedish word for moose is “älg”.

      Moose is an Anglicized Algonquian word. The Algonquians didn’t have a writing system so English just used the double o to represent sound phonetically.

      Ø is a sound that we don’t really use in English, sort of a slightly backed and rounded “eux” as in the French “deux”. Doubling it means you pronounce it twice - it’s a a long vowel. M-eux-euxse.

      Pedant mode off!