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Pronunciation of Agnetha?

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DyanTaylor

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Jun 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/15/99
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How is her name pronounced? I have heard it pronounced ag-netta and ahn-yetta
by different people on the same video?


Dyan

Nathan Firby

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Jun 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/15/99
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Hi it's more sort of like: aing-nyetta - although it's difficult to type a
pronunciation.

DyanTaylor schrieb:

Bruce or Tracy

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Jun 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/15/99
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There is a sound file on the binaries group which has all four
of them introducing themselves, so you can hear her pronounce
it herself.

Tracy

DyanTaylor

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Jun 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/15/99
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Thank you all for your responses.


Dyan

Thomas Beyer

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Jun 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/15/99
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DyanTaylor schrieb:

>
> How is her name pronounced? I have heard it pronounced ag-netta and ahn-yetta
> by different people on the same video?
>
> Dyan

I heard:

ah-n-eita from herself,
an-yetta from Björn,
ag-n-y-eita from Frida, few "g" but also not much of "y".

I think: not much "g", long "n", long or short "e" I don't know?
In any case "Aggie" is allways false, remember that once her nickname
was "Anna"

Once again our Swedish friends are asked!

The humble oppinion of Thomas

Caroline Baker

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Jun 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/15/99
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Thought it was ahg-nyetta myself!

Caroline

Christian Jaekl

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Jun 15, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/15/99
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These pronunciations are based on my limited knowledge of Swedish.

aba - agneta felt[sh]og, beny anderson, bj[oe]rn ulvejus, ani:-fri:d (fri:da)
ly[ng]stad,

(respelled in English)

uba (u as in putt) - ugnetta feltshog, ben[French u] undairsonn, by[German oe]rn
oolvayoos [oo as in soot], unnee-freed (freeda) l[French u]ngstud

Many people, celebrities and commoners alike, intentionally simplify their names,
especially in the age of mass media. Even that really cool Icelandic chick has
been known to call herself "byork" instead of "by[oe]rk". Of course I could be
mistaken, especially about Benny, since his name might be borrowed from English.
But in the Swedish film Fanny & Alexander, Fanny (the first word uttered in the
film, if I remember correctly) is pronounced "fan[French u]". The umlauted a in
Aggie's last name might be long, in which case it would be "agneita"/"ugnayta".


Rickflener

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Jun 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/16/99
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We have an interview with introductions of the members saved onto computer. In
it (from the VERY early days, '73 or '74), Agnetha counsels those listening how
to pronounce her name. When it comes time for Frida, she is too tired of the
whole mess and all the 'blah, blah, blah!' to go on...
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Thomas Beyer

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Jun 16, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/16/99
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Christian Jaekl schrieb:

>
> These pronunciations are based on my limited knowledge of Swedish.
>
> aba - agneta felt[sh]og, beny anderson, bj[oe]rn ulvejus, ani:-fri:d (fri:da)
> ly[ng]stad,
>

My knowledge is even more limited.

Oops, I told our friends about Aggie, Anna and anything in that style,
not knowing how to pronounce her last name???

No! AFAIK "k" is pronounce "sh" before clear vowels. Fälts-K-og, but
Jönt-SH-öpping!

Again a humble oppinion! Sweden, can you hear me!!

IBPamA

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Jun 18, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/18/99
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pronounced ag-nye-ta

Mary Saelens

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Jun 19, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/19/99
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I got the pronunciation from a woman who met her some years ago: Now
take notes "class" this will be on the test :-)

Ag (Pronounce "Ang" like Angular"
Ne (Pronounce like "Neh" in Netherlands)
Tha ((That goes without saying)


Okay? Thanks I'm done now.


Sian Williams

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Jun 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/20/99
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In article <7kgemv$3ckc$1...@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com>, Mary Saelens
<ATW...@prodigy.com> writes
Thanks, teech, that's how I've always said it - can I have a gold star?

But maybe a detention is in order for costume designer Owe Sandstrom as
he clearly pronounces her name as Agg-nay-ta on the Thank You video.

(Whether Owe deserves a detention for his costume designs is another
thread. Anyone?)
--
Sian

Peter

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Jun 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/20/99
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On Sun, 20 Jun 1999 11:32:16 +0100, Sian Williams
<Si...@buzzard1.demon.co.uk> wrote:

>(Whether Owe deserves a detention for his costume designs is another
>thread. Anyone?)

Probably not safe - we don't want Miriam to bite our heads off over
the inevitable comments regarding The Best Bum In The World, do we?
And how could we discuss the costumes without that subject cropping
up? They are, after all, intimately related.

Peter.

Eric v/d Meer

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Jun 20, 1999, 3:00:00 AM6/20/99
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In article <7kgemv$3ckc$1...@newssvr01-int.news.prodigy.com>,
ATW...@prodigy.com (Mary Saelens) wrote:

> I got the pronunciation from a woman who met her some years ago: Now
> take notes "class" this will be on the test :-)
>
> Ag (Pronounce "Ang" like Angular"
> Ne (Pronounce like "Neh" in Netherlands)
> Tha ((That goes without saying)

Well, it doesn't go without saying, as it is not pronounced like "Thank"
but more like "Tar" (without the r, of course).


>
>
> Okay? Thanks I'm done now.

HTH

Eric

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