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Old 04-04-2018, 06:32 PM   #46
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Default Re: Bring on Hall of Judgment!

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Originally Posted by nick_coffin View Post
Out of curiosity, is Isfjall pronounced as it would be in Iceland? Something like eyes-fiAT-lah?
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Originally Posted by DouglasCole View Post
It should be, though I would have pronounced it Eyes-F-Y'ALL, but then again I spent time in Texas.
In Icelandic the stress is always on the first syllable of the word. Having said that, Ísfjall is a combination of two words Ís (Ice) and Fjall (mountain). In my experience the sound non-Icelanders can't make is the -ll sound in the end.
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