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[–] tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

Wait, the "o" in "holiday", "lovely" sound different, so which is it?

[–] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The ø sounds more like an ö from German. In fact, Swedish uses the ö instead if the ø.

The monty python slides are just a humørous stylization, nothing more

[–] GojuRyu@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Neither actually. It sounds more like the e in permit or term, the u in uuh also gets close. They are not the most common sounds of the letter but I struggle to find analogous in English for the more common sound.

[–] db2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do they sound different in a Swedish accent?

[–] tuxiqae@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

No idea, but I'd expect the same letter to have the same pronunciation. On the flip side, you just proved that it's not always the case haha