[78-L] Johnny Bode

[David Lennick]

I guess if you just start doing your Swedish Chef impersonation you'll come 
close...'Yonn-ni Bu-duh'.

dl


On 1/14/2019 5:03 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
> Don't know about the English pronunciation. Bode's career in England was
> probably too short to give him an official English pronunciation. But in
> Swedish it was: "ion'ni boo'deh" (rhymes somewhat with Ron E. Who'deh),
> but the Swedish o is sometimes pronounced more like the long vocal sound
> in French joux or doux or sous - with the lips slightly more closed than
> in "who". There's no English equivalence to this sound, as far as I know.
> I guess you've read about Johnny Bode's adventures - for those who
> haven't: here's a link:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Bode
> Kristjan
>
>
>
> On 2019-01-14 22:07, kil at roadrunner.com.invalid wrote:
>> I just came across the Swedish singer, Johnny Bode. What a character.
>> Here's a question for anybody, especially Kristjan. How is his name
>> pronounced? Especially in English speaking countries. I read that he
>> spent some time in England. How was his name pronounced there? I found
>> him as composer of the song, THE LITTLE LAPLANDER. RayK
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