Jul 22, 2009 22:56
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Norwegian term
han bur pao, e tao, ska ti Hovda
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This line comes from a linguistic discussion of the etymology of the Norwegian place-name Hovda: "Namnet vert umkr. 1550 skrive Hofde. Det vert no sagt Hovda; han bur pao, e tao, ska ti Hovda."
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| 4 +2 | he lives at, is from, is going to Hovda |
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he lives at, is from, is going to Hovda
This is kind of a phonetic impression of the dialect spoken at Hovda, not unlike the more well-known Voss dialect. Typical is the sound ao for the letter å. It is pronounced quite like the OW in powwow.
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