Re: R: Re: Spousal names (Was: Re: "Mister" (was: Re: New Lang:Igassik))

Nik Taylor wrote:

>Mangiat wrote:
>> Ohho! In my mind I've always rendered it as /kristjan dZEnsEn/.
>
>And I'd been pronouncing /krIsti'an/, in an intentional avoidance of the
>female /krIstIn/, ever since I discovered that Kristian is a he.  :-)
>
Some people call me "Chris" (mostly anglophones). The <k> always
seems to confuse people outside of Scandinavia, making them think
that "Kristian" is either a mispelling of "Kristina" or a corrupted
form of "Kristine". But in fact, "Kristian" is a good ol Danish guy's
name.

-kristian- 8)