Re: CHAT: F.L.O.E.S
| From: | Christian Thalmann <cinga@...> |
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| Date: | Friday, February 27, 2004, 23:23 |
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--- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Christophe Grandsire
<christophe.grandsire@F...> wrote:
> > > > > rraj'konen
> > > >
> > > Raikonen (sp? the stress, however, is on the 1st syllable!!! Italian
> > > journalists mispronounce that, too...)
> >
> >Never heard of ...
>
> Actual spelling Raikkonen. A Finnish Formula 1 driver IIRC. See a
pattern
> now? :))
I thought the actual spelling was Räikkönen, but Google finds
twice as many Raikkonen. Then again, I find it more plausible
that the majority of people would misspell Räikkönen and for
a minority to *invent* the umlauts... and I think he's called
Räikkönen on German TV.
-- Christian Thalmann