A FEW SUGGESTIONS ON THE PRONUNCIATION 

 OF ICELANDIC NAMES. 



Vowels. 



A. When short, as in English — e.g. ' Hafsiila ' (Gannet). 

 'A. Almost equal to oiv in English — e.g. 'gragas' (Grey 



Goose) = ' grow gowse.' 

 M. Like a long English i — gaes (Goose) = 'geis.' 

 E. As the short English e — sefond (Grebe) = 'sef-iind.' 

 "E. Like the long English e in ' there.' 

 I. As in English — with a trifle more of e sound. 

 'I. Like ee — dilaskarfur (Shag) = 'deela sk.' 

 0. As in English, 'not.' 

 '0. The long English o, as in 'wrote.' 

 6. Like the French eu, the Danish ^, or the Swedish o; 



orn (Eagle) = ' eurne ' in French. 

 U. Like our u in ' use.' 



'U. Like 00 ; Brimdiifa (Harlequin Duck) = 'brimdoofa.' 

 Y. Like a short z, with which it is often interchangeable. 



The last example would be pronounced exactly the 



same whether spelt ' brym-' or ' brim-.' 

 AU. Like the French eu. Straumond (Harlequin) sounds 



like the French 'Streumund.' 

 EI)^ Like 'a?/' — so that Reykjavik is pronounced 

 EY j • ' Raykyavik ' ; ' heiSi '= ' haythy.' 



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