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Quick question! I live in a town in the US that was heavily settled by Finnish people. Meaning saunas are kinda normal for the area and you see Finnish flags flying alongside the US ones.
Point is that I was told it’s pronounced SOW-na. Sow pronounced like “OW.” Is that true or are the Finnish-Americans fucking with me?
It is correct, sow-na might be hard because not sure do people know how to pronounce sow (female pig) correctly :). Other maybe better example is of “sour” without the r, and adding “na” on the end.
Finnish spelling is very consistent with its phonology. “a” and “u” are pronounced kind of similar to as they are in Italian or Spanish or something, except further back in the mouth. So yes
Quick question! I live in a town in the US that was heavily settled by Finnish people. Meaning saunas are kinda normal for the area and you see Finnish flags flying alongside the US ones.
Point is that I was told it’s pronounced SOW-na. Sow pronounced like “OW.” Is that true or are the Finnish-Americans fucking with me?
It is correct, sow-na might be hard because not sure do people know how to pronounce sow (female pig) correctly :). Other maybe better example is of “sour” without the r, and adding “na” on the end.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=IRtxq2qug7w
Thank you for verifying that for me! I’m never sure if they’re just pulling my leg or not.
Finnish spelling is very consistent with its phonology. “a” and “u” are pronounced kind of similar to as they are in Italian or Spanish or something, except further back in the mouth. So yes