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Re: Help with a pronounciation: Tove....

by Satu (guest)

5/24/2004, 3:40 PM

in reply to a message by A

Hi A,

in Scandinavia, Tove (and Tova) are modern short forms of Old Norse names like Torfrid and Torvor.

The pronunciation is:

TOO-veh / TOO-vah (in Sweden and Norway) (oo like in "fool")
TOH-veh / TOH-va (in Denmark)

Regards, Satu

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- Anneza (guest) +4

5/25/2004, 12:05 AM

Tove as in Jansson?

The author of those wonderful Moomin books! Was it her full, given name, do you know, or is it short for something? Presumably Torfrid, I suppose - looks the more feminine of your two suggestions.

Thanks, Satu!

- Satu (guest) +2

5/25/2004, 12:51 PM

Hi Anneza,

Tove was her full name - it's much more common now than the old forms of the name. She was a Finland-Swede, that's why she had a Swedish first- and surname.

Satu :)

- Lassia (guest) +1

5/25/2004, 10:31 PM

'Finland-Swede' means the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland, NOT a Swede residing in Finland. The Swedish-speaking minority means roughly a few per cent of the entire population of Finland, and it's been here for centuries.

Just to clear this up :-)

Lass

- Satu (guest)

5/26/2004, 8:59 AM

... and their dialect is one of the cutest I've ever heard! :)

- Lassia (guest)

5/25/2004, 1:54 AM

Yes, Tove was the real name of Tove Jansson, the Finnish author of the Moomin books. I agree -- great work!

Lass

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