When did KenM come back?? I've missed him.
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Is this Ken M something to do with Xavier?
Similar concept but no. Xavier is a copycat of pakalu papito
ok that one got a chuckle outta me. good job
Funny 😋
But besides the joke, Kirsten is a Danish name, and was the most common name for girls in Denmark in 1996.
I'm more confused about her last name, because here that means something like "Really Bad Smell".
And I can almost guarantee most non Danes are pronouncing that even more wrong.
Kirsten is pretty easy, I think something like Keerstn would be pretty close.
Americans can't handle anything more "ethnic" than "Bob". I'm sure she gets called "Kristin" a lot.
"Bob"="Dick"
I have a cousin named Kirsten, it's pronounced like kur-stin. She's the only Kirsten I've met that pronounces it that way
Yeah I've met one that pronounces it K-ear-stin
And one that pronounces it K-er-stin.
And this is where I realize I never paid attention to how people type proper sounds of letters, haha
Dane here also, i partly agree on the bit regarding the last name. Only people I know who would do this are older than like 45. probably...😂
I'm not Dane but that's how I pronounce it. I can't see how people are pronouncing it any other way.
Kirsten is some version of Cristina, by chance?
I don't think so, the original is the also Danish name Kirstine.
https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirsten
(I trust you have a translator)
It does in fact come from "Cristina", as in "came from Christ":
"Kirstine is a girl's name that originally comes from the saint's name Saint Christina , which is derived from Christ . Variants of the name include Kirsti , Kirstin , Kirstina . Around 4,500 people bear one of these names according to Statistics Denmark ."
Of course you are right, I somehow got confused by the C instead of K.
Any time I have a question about how to pronounce a name I just play the name game in my head with their name and that usually resolves it for me. Dunst Dunst bo-bunst banana fana fo funst me my mo munst. Kirsten Dunst. Like that. Clears it right up.
Chuck Chuck bo Buck, banana fana fo --
Kristen Dumscht