I recently helped a friend of a client who was struggling with the pronunciation of the name Páll. The quickest way of course being to record it on YouTube.

Today I got a similar request from someone I don´t know about how to pronounce my own name; Finnur.

In my reply I asked if I knew the person and as a response I got this brilliant little story.

 

Thanks a lot! My wife and I recently named our son Finnur -- I liked Finni and she liked Finn, so we compromised on Finnur. After 6 weeks, now we both prefer to call him Finnur. Of course, all of these goofy relatives come out of the woodwork and try to tell us it's Finn-oor or Finn-yoor and all kinds of pronunciations. So, now we have proof. With the lack of an Icelandic accent, we will stick with Finn-er!

Don't you just love the interwebs :D

 

 

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