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 Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:00 am Post subject: a little (pronunciation) help from my friends |
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Robur Aktiefond Contura.
According to this book, a good investment, but I'm only able to guess at how to pronounce it. No audio/video help to be found either.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 6:25 am Post subject: Re: a little (pronunciation) help from my friends |
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| TheVoiceOfBob wrote: | Robur Aktiefond Contura.
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So.... it must be a Dutch name..... 
Edo? Paging Mr. Annoying-his-fellow-Dutchman! 
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Sorry...it's Swedish.
Anyone speak Swedish?
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TheVoiceOfBob
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LOL
Wow Liz, now help interpret that document!! That does help some. The link to Swedish pronunciation is pretty good. Thanks!
While I was searching, I came across this site. Still in beta, but definite potential for all.
http://forvo.com/
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Try calling the Swedish embassy in Washington. It's worked for me with other languages and embassies.
You also might find some help here on the Swedish:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=qT_n__vsguk
Then again, maybe not.
I always thought the chef's voice was an exaggeration, but then on a trip to the Grand Canyon I heard two 12 year old Swedish girls having a lively teenager type discussion, and they sounded just like the chef, only up a couple of octaves!
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TheVoiceOfBob
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Bruce,
Thanks! I always forget about calling an embassy or consulate.
I like it when it's a college professor's name, I just call their phone mail and listen to how they say their own name.
I wonder if the embassy is open on Saturday?
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This is a best guess, but I suspect its the name of a particular fund, like VIP Fidelity Contrafund. In this case Robur brand Aktiefond active fund Contura contra -- or something like that.
So, my uneducated 2 cents would be RO-bur ACT-ti-fond con-TOUR-ah.
Again, I defer to anyone who truly knows but -- if ya gotta punt, ya gotta punt.
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| Lizden wrote: | So.... it must be a Dutch name.....
Edo? Paging Mr. Annoying-his-fellow-Dutchman!
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Yup... Swedish... and Contura should be the Swedish word for contour.
Now all Scandinavian languages have odd rhythmic structures.
Robur Aktiefond Contura would sound like:
- Roa-boohrr (as in 'road' and 'mooh') emphasis 1st syllable
- uck-tee-fawnd (as in 'yuck', 'tease' and 'pond') emphasis 1st syllable
- kawn-2-rah (1st syllable very short) emphasis on 2nd syllable
One more thing... avoid the English 'r' and use rolling r's instead.
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Edo comes through again!
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Nice! Thanks all. That took care of it.
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