"In days of yore, the great god Thor would ramp around creation. He'd drink a pint and slay a giant and save the Nordic nation, Or kill a Worm to watch it squirm and vainly try to fang him, Or lock up Loki in the pokey and on the noggin bang him.
Nej! Inte så. (Sorry for the Swedish. I can't even get close to making Danish sounds.)
Leaving aside that it's a joke in English and we Murricans pronounce it with the Th and not T, I'm going with Icelandic rather than Danish if I want the "authentic" pronunciation.
Þór [1] is pronounced: https://forvo.com/word/%C3%BE%C3%B3r/#is
The problem we Murricans have with "Thor" isn't the start of the name, it's the end, where we fail to trill (roll) the "R".
[1] For you Deplorable Murricans, the first letter is the character "thorn" which now survives only in Icelandic. Used to be more widely used, in Swedish, Middle English, etc.
#10 for the win!
ReplyDelete#2 The Thong of Thor by John Boardman
ReplyDeletehttp://www.odins-gift.com/poth/T/thongofthor.htm
"In days of yore, the great god Thor would ramp around creation.
He'd drink a pint and slay a giant and save the Nordic nation,
Or kill a Worm to watch it squirm and vainly try to fang him,
Or lock up Loki in the pokey and on the noggin bang him.
[... seven more stanzas]"
Sword of Conan fuck yeah!
Delete#1. Johnnie's always been a fuck up.
ReplyDeleteLMFAO #20 'bout put me in the floor.
ReplyDelete#2: Thor is pronounced "To-ar". So the joke doesn't work.
ReplyDelete/DanishGuy
Nej! Inte så. (Sorry for the Swedish. I can't even get close to making Danish sounds.)
DeleteLeaving aside that it's a joke in English and we Murricans pronounce it with the Th and not T, I'm going with Icelandic rather than Danish if I want the "authentic" pronunciation.
Þór [1] is pronounced:
https://forvo.com/word/%C3%BE%C3%B3r/#is
The problem we Murricans have with "Thor" isn't the start of the name, it's the end, where we fail to trill (roll) the "R".
[1] For you Deplorable Murricans, the first letter is the character "thorn" which now survives only in Icelandic. Used to be more widely used, in Swedish, Middle English, etc.
#1 almost made me fall out of the chair laughing, especially after seeing the look on the little red haired girls face.
ReplyDelete#2 finished the job.
(Note to DanishGuy, the joke works because, regardless of the correctness of it, all but a handful of us Americans pronounce it with the "th".)