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How to Pronounce a Scandinavian Special Letter

Mr T of the Scandinavian parish has sent an email to help Simon with his pronunciation. Mr T explains how different letters are pronounced in different countries. The main rule for Norwegian and Swedish at least is to pronounce it as the A in cat or sat. This letter usually appears less frequently except for the Danish language where it makes no sense. And they seem to just put it in all kinds of words where it's actually pronounced as a normal E. So basically, at the end of this letter, I'm afraid... I'm just going to be getting Buddhist. You need a food.

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