You must log in or # to comment.
We’re all just going to ignore the ,|'/` key?
This looks like a Norwegian/Swedish keyboard. What’s infuriating about it?
It’s a nordic keyboard, and it’s infuriating that it’s imposible to tell which key is Æ and which is Ø. Just decide on one key for each for f…ks sake.
As someone who isn’t clued up on Nordic languages and has no idea how any of this is supposed to be pronounced, my brain just went to the overtones for help
Æ = Like the A in (American) “asshole”
Å = Like the A in (British) “awful”.
Ø = Like the U in (American) “Ugly”.As a Scandinavian, one of my biggest pet peeves is when someone uses Ø instead of O because they think it looks cool. Sure, whatever, but it makes reading it really insufferable. Imagine if someone typed your name as UnduBrani and expected you to pronounce it the same while not tripping over decades of reading practice.
That would be Norwegian I assume. They are pronounced different in Danish.
Yes. From my knowledge of danish:
Æ: Not pronounced.
Ø: Similar to Norwegian.
Å: Similar to Norwegian, except you need to swallow a whole potato while saying it.
Different countries have different languages, alphabets and keyboard layouts. Scandinavian countries keyboards are quite commonly produced together because they share most but not all of the letters, symbols and positions. This looks pretty standard to me.
Edit: As a user from respective country you learn fast to read automatically the position for shared keys before you learn touch typing or looking for an uncommonly used symbol. The real annoyance is when laptop makers switch up key positions because they think they know better.
This is because someone can’t be arsed to make a dedicated Norwegian/Swedish/Danish keyboard. Norway and Denmark uses æ/ø/å. But ofc not the same key position. Sweden ä/ö/å. The same goes for several of the other keys. What they type depends on language used
deleted by creator
For Kalmar!
How do you pronounce that letter? There’s a Danish band I’ve been getting into lately, MØL, but I don’t know how to say it. I’ve been saying “mole” in my head, but I doubt that’s right. It seems to get romanized as “oe” so would it be pronounced “mo-el”?
The Ø is pronounced as eg. the vowel sound in “learn” or the vowel sound in “bird”.
Like burn?
“Learn” and “bird” are pronounced very differently depending on the accent of English. Wiktionary has “learn” RP pronunciation listed as lɜːn and American as lɝn, although personally I don’t believe in ɝ so I would write it as lɹn and bɹd.
Slight rant about American English IPA, but Wiktionary even has American “bird” listed as bɜɹd, which is frankly ridiculous. Say bɜɹd out loud and it sounds absolutely insane. Be’rd. Nobody says bɜɹd, it’s gotta be bɹd. English spelling treats R as a consonant, but American English functionally treats it like a vowel. If we spelled with R the same way it’s pronounced, it would be brd, lrn, teachr, wrking, etc. Not suggesting a spelling reform, because the current system works so well for uniting different accents of English, but it seriously bugs me when people talk about how American R (ɹ) is a consonant. It’s not!
The musician MØ was asked how to pronounce her stage name once, and she pointed out its just her initials (Marie Ørsted) so there’s not really a right pronunciation to MØ.
I still don’t have a clue how Ø is pronounced, like in Ørsted.
Basically its the sound you make just before puking, just without the gargling. Do a video search to confirm
I bet that keyboard feels terrible to type on.
deleted by creator
deleted by creator
Shortcut for writing System of a Down lyrics
Apropriate time to say the Norwegian alphabet is the best?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f488uJAQgmw (Funny song about why Norways alphabet is the best)
Meanwhile: Å
I wish those type of words would been removed from all languages
