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PDL
Starting member
USA
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 Posted - 30/05/2008 : 21:35:59
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| A friend, of Norwegian heritage, named Rierson insists that his name be pronounced as Reyerson because that is the correct Norwegian pronunciation. I too of Norwegian heritage pronounce it Reerson, much to his consternation. I can find no guidance on this elsewhere, so perhaps someone in this forum can answer this earth-shattering question. |
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eibache
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 30/05/2008 : 22:06:13
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Most likely his name in Norwegian would be Reiersen - Reier is a given name and sen a short for son, pronunciation could then very well be Reyerson.
Looking into his Norwegian origin would help. |
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Edited by - eibache on 30/05/2008 22:07:56 |
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Kċarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
5861 Posts |
Posted - 30/05/2008 : 22:11:24
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Hi,
Riersen is not a Norwegian name to my knowledge, its likely Amercanized from Reyersen, a local prunciation for Reier/Reiersen.
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jkmarler
Norway Heritage Veteran
USA
7790 Posts |
Posted - 31/05/2008 : 01:14:52
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Hi,
There is a British comedy on my local public TV, the name of which escapes at the moment but the family name of the main character is "Bucket" and she insists on a tonier French pronunciation of the name as "Bouquet". Is your use of Reerson perfectly innocent or are you trying to get his goat by drawing the line to the name as Rearson? Many chuckles here....
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PDL
Starting member
USA
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Posted - 31/05/2008 : 02:01:52
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| great responses! Thanks a bunch. He is pretty adamant on the pronunciation, so very likely it started out as Reiersen and was either Americanized along the way or misspelled during emigration. I will inquire whether he has done any genealogy on the family. |
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travisw
New on board
USA
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Posted - 10/09/2008 : 17:50:58
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| Around here, people say "Rye-er son". |
Edited by - travisw on 10/09/2008 17:51:35 |
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Kċarto
Norway Heritage Veteran
Norway
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Posted - 10/09/2008 : 21:36:09
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The pronunciation of the English and Norwegian alphabet is quite different.
Reiersen sound like this in Norway.
R goes like R in Road
e: ay in tray
i : i in tit
e: e in men
r: r in road
s: s in sea
e: e in men
n: kn in knee
For a better understanding try Norskklassen
Good luck
Kċre
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