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Originally Posted by tore
Sounds accurate to me. We do the same. There's A as in "car", then Æ as in "bad", Ø as in "bird" and Å as in "wall". U is always pronounced as it is in "user" and I is always pronouned as it is in "fizz". If we pronounced "tunnel" the way you do, we'd spell it with an Ø as that's clearly the right letter for it!
The english language has sloppy use of vowels. You guys need more letters for the sounds you make.  |
I've never really thought about that until this moment but you're definitely right. It seems like the way vowels are written in Swedish and Norwegian is much more straightforward and logical than how they're handled in English. I'd imagine the vowels must be the biggest obstacle for someone trying to learn English since they're so context sensitive.