snek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agoIt’s not impossible for someone to have heard about assguard, looked it up, and then realized it’s “Asgard”.NSFWmessage-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up180arrow-down126
arrow-up154arrow-down1message-squareIt’s not impossible for someone to have heard about assguard, looked it up, and then realized it’s “Asgard”.NSFWsnek_boi@lemmy.ml to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·edit-26 months agoAs an Icelander, the pronounciations of the nordic names in Marvel movies crack me up. Especially Bifrost (which they pronounce “bi-frost” instead of 'bif-rost", and Laufey (pronounced very differently, also a decidedly female name).
minus-squarezach@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoMy vikings professor pronounced it “beef roast” which always made me chuckle
minus-squareHolyhandgrenade@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 months agoThat is actually a lot closer to the Icelandic one, except the F sounds more like a V and -röst rhymes with bust.
As an Icelander, the pronounciations of the nordic names in Marvel movies crack me up. Especially Bifrost (which they pronounce “bi-frost” instead of 'bif-rost", and Laufey (pronounced very differently, also a decidedly female name).
My vikings professor pronounced it “beef roast” which always made me chuckle
That is actually a lot closer to the Icelandic one, except the F sounds more like a V and -röst rhymes with bust.