Carlsen is Norwegian.
ups I made an error Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is of course Norwegian
Carlsen is Norwegian.
ups I made an error Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is of course Norwegian
the way you can tell that it is Carlson is that he is swedish therefore his family name ends with son. if he had been danish his name would have ended with sen.
nearly all swedish last names ends with son. and nearly all danish last names ends sen.
true, although Carlsen is from Norway. Looking at the top 20 names in Sweden Denmark and Norway the names Karlsson, Carlsson and Karlsen are there, but no Carlsen. Carlsen comes at place 137 (link). It's not that strange people mix up the names and accidentally use those that are more common.
Top 20 last names | |||
Sweden | Denmark | Norway | |
1. | Johansson | Jensen | Hansen |
2. | Andersson | Nielsen | Johansen |
3. | Karlsson | Hansen | Olsen |
4. | Nilsson | Pedersen | Larsen |
5. | Eriksson | Andersen | Andersen |
6. | Larsson | Christensen | Pedersen |
7. | Olsson | Larsen | Nilsen |
8. | Persson | Sørensen | Kristiansen |
9. | Svensson | Rasmussen | Jensen |
10. | Gustafsson | Jørgensen | Karlsen |
11. | Pettersson | Petersen | Johnsen |
12. | Jonsson | Madsen | Pettersen |
13. | Jansson | Kristensen | Eriksen |
14. | Hansson | Olsen | Berg |
15. | Bengtsson | Thomsen | Haugen |
16. | Jönsson | Christiansen | Hagen |
17. | Carlsson | Poulsen | Johannessen |
18. | Petersson | Johansen | Andreassen |
19. | Lindberg | Knudsen | Jacobsen |
20. | Magnusson | Møller | Halvorsen |
source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scandinavian_family_name_etymology
@ NM ozzie_c_cobblepot, post nr 63, have a look (again) at the forum " How do you pronounce Alekhine " by Casual_Joe, some months ago, in which you already wrote about the pronunciation of Euwe's name. This is the nice part of studying languages, pronunciations of the same word are so different in various countries. Being Dutch, as Euwe, I never heard a foreigner pronounce it as we do in Holland, ( like the town Scheveningen... Try it ! )
Being Dutch, as Euwe, I never heard a foreigner pronounce it as we do in Holland, ( like the town Scheveningen... Try it ! )
I asked once a Dutch guy if I was pronuncing correctly "Scheveningen", and he told me "not bad" .
Carlsen is Norwegian.
ups I made an error Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is of course Norwegian
how do you pronounce that O???
Carlsen is Norwegian.
ups I made an error Sven Magnus Øen Carlsen is of course Norwegian
how do you pronounce that O???
pronounce what? the Ø? it is a scandinavian letter that you really cannot pronounce in with english letters.
pronounce what? the Ø? it is a scandinavian letter that you really cannot pronounce in with english letters.
It's like the german ö, right?
pronounce what? the Ø? it is a scandinavian letter that you really cannot pronounce in with english letters.
It's like the german ö, right?
yes but how to do you explain that in english?
pronounce what? the Ø? it is a scandinavian letter that you really cannot pronounce in with english letters.
It's like the german ö, right?
yes but how to do you explain that in english?
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I thought Bent Larsen's first name was a typo the first time I saw it. Same for Paul Morphy's last name
I thought Bent Larsen's first name was a typo the first time I saw it. Same for Paul Morphy's last name
And how about Pal Benko?
That's another one, yes. Can't remember first time I saw Pal Benko's name but probably figured his first name was a nickname or shortened form of his real first name, like Vishy for Anand
I thought Bent Larsen's first name was a typo the first time I saw it. Same for Paul Morphy's last name
And how about Pal Benko?
funny though... pal ;)
One that I don't see misspelled, but rather, mis-pronounced is:
Alekhine
I've heard: Alakeen, Alakine, Alkaline (yes, I've heard people call him what they call the battery), Aliakin (or Ali Achin'), etc.
It's about as bad as the Cuban Singer. Gloria what?
Es' te fon
Es' te fin
E stef' on
E stef' in
Note the accent on the first syllable in the first 2, second syllable in the latter 2.
@ NM ozzie_c_cobblepot, post nr 63, have a look (again) at the forum " How do you pronounce Alekhine " by Casual_Joe, some months ago, in which you already wrote about the pronunciation of Euwe's name. This is the nice part of studying languages, pronunciations of the same word are so different in various countries. Being Dutch, as Euwe, I never heard a foreigner pronounce it as we do in Holland, ( like the town Scheveningen... Try it ! )
Good times.
the way you can tell that it is Carlson is that he is swedish therefore his family name ends with son. if he had been danish his name would have ended with sen.
nearly all swedish last names ends with son. and nearly all danish last names ends sen.
Wow!