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in reply to a message by ✧･ﾟ: *Magpie*:･ﾟ✧
It's interesting! It reminds me of Oswald and Waldo but without the negative connotations (I think of Lee Harvey Oswald and the "Where Is Waldo" cartoonish books - and I've always liked Waldo, except for that).
My personal preference would be to spell it Torvald. Because while I would pronounce Oswald and Waldo the English way, whenever I come across rare German names I've never heard aloud like Roswitha or Thorwald, my instinct is to say the W as a V...but then I hesitate because I wonder if I'm expected to just read the W, and that hesitation makes me feel awkward. I also feel like Torvald is less clunky...and it helps probably that one of my uncles used to call me Tor, and that I think Torvald sounds good with my last name.
But Thorwald pronounced in English is fun, too.
My personal preference would be to spell it Torvald. Because while I would pronounce Oswald and Waldo the English way, whenever I come across rare German names I've never heard aloud like Roswitha or Thorwald, my instinct is to say the W as a V...but then I hesitate because I wonder if I'm expected to just read the W, and that hesitation makes me feel awkward. I also feel like Torvald is less clunky...and it helps probably that one of my uncles used to call me Tor, and that I think Torvald sounds good with my last name.
But Thorwald pronounced in English is fun, too.
This message was edited 9/7/2023, 6:45 PM
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