how do you pronnounce her name leave or liv?

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TequilaMockingbird63 — 17 years ago(September 24, 2008 11:58 PM)

Liv Ullmann
how do you pronnounce her name leave or liv?
"Other than thatlifes a bowl of Palmolive and I'm soaking in it"

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AnnieRich — 17 years ago(October 05, 2008 08:49 AM)

In Norway it is pronounced like "leave"
Won`t you scratch my itch, sweet Annie Rich.

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TequilaMockingbird63 — 17 years ago(October 06, 2008 04:29 PM)

thank you!
"Other than thatlifes a bowl of Palmolive and I'm soaking in it"

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judy-229 — 17 years ago(December 05, 2008 01:10 PM)

yeah. "leave" is close enough, but the "ve" shouldnt sound so much like an "f" if u get what I mean

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Pharaoh Osmosis — 16 years ago(October 25, 2009 02:53 PM)

I'm not sure about other dialects but in mine and most I have heard the "ve" is pronounced in the same manner as a Norwegian "v" and not like an "f". Are you not confusing "leave" with "leaves" which some pronounce as "leafs"?
"Nothings gonna change my world!"

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angemo — 15 years ago(May 10, 2010 02:04 AM)

Well, the English 'v' isn't pronounced exactly like the Norwegian 'v'.
The English 'v' is a voiced labiodental fricative, and the Norwegian 'v' is a labiodental approximant.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voiced_labiodental_fricative
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labiodental_approximant
So to a Norwegian's ear, the English 'v' can sometimes sound a bit like an 'f'.
(The 'f' is by the way a voiceless labiodental fricative in both languages.)
I guess all that was really confusing, but never mind, keep pronouncing 'Liv' as 'leave'. That is perfectly fine.

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Renaldo Matlin — 14 years ago(April 25, 2011 09:57 AM)

Liv is pronounced like "Leave" (as in "I want to leave"), not like "Leafe".
-a guy in Liv's native Norway