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Nope. That's a modern pronunciation, not the Old Norse way. (Destiny)

by Funkmon @, Sunday, April 26, 2015, 15:48 (3297 days ago) @ INSANEdrive

In English, we borrow it from Old Norse, not modern Scandinavian languages. So while that way is not necessarily incorrect, it is definitely not the most correct way to do it.

When a proper name or word is borrowed outright, until it becomes part of English's lexicon, most lexicographers suggest that the most correct way to use it is as a foreign word, that is, with the pronunciation of the language from which it was borrowed, not an alternate pronunciation.

For example, we would say Caesar, and not Czar, for Caesar, if it was not already part of the English lexicon.

The actual TLDR was the very last part of the post.


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