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Pronunciation of Leif in different Scandinavian languages
A poster on another board -- who claims she is from Norway and that Leif is her husband's name -- says that in most of Norway Leif is pronounced like the English word "life" and it only rhymes with "safe" in a "few Norwegian dialects." Is this correct? And if so, is the name normally said as "Layf" in Swedish and Danish?

This message was edited 6/2/2007, 5:43 PM

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No response here, you could try the forum at Satu's Nordic names site:
http://www.nordicnames.de/forum.htmlThere's a section for pronunciations.
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