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[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

I'm sure that's the desired option if it is practically feasible

 

[Saapanael]

Wake up o’clock.

 

[Yax]

I'm sure that's the desired option if it is practically feasible

Nah, I played the Carolus Rex album as usual (works wonders as lullaby for some reason), bounced on a gym ball with him and then watched TV in the bed with him on top.

 

[Black Wizard]

I played the Carolus Rex album as usual (works wonders as lullaby for some reason)

It must be all those hallelujah choruses.

English or Swedish version?

 

[Saapanael]

It must be all those hallelujah choruses.

Lol, this has become a regular criticism in survivors lately.

 

[Yax]

It must be all those hallelujah choruses.

English or Swedish version?

Swedish, of course.

 

[LooseCannon]

Swedish, of course.

What is "Hallelujah choruses" in Swedish, though?

 

[Perun]

What is "Hallelujah choruses" in Swedish, though?

 

[Brigantium]

The rhymes are just as bad in Swedish, then.

 

[Yax]

What is "Hallelujah choruses" in Swedish, though?

I would probably refer to it as schlagerrefränger. *Swedish 2000s Eurovision style choruses

The rhymes are just as bad in Swedish, then.

No, the lyrics flow quite well in the Swedish version. The reworked English lyrics are terrible though.

 

[Black Wizard]

schlagerrefränger

*Tearjerker intensifies*

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

No, the lyrics flow quite well in the Swedish version. The reworked English lyrics are terrible though.

Agreed. The English lyrics to that song ... suck.

I have probably said this before, but I find the Swedish lyrics on the Carolus Rex album have more depth than the English.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Tearkjerker

Tear churches?

 

[Black Wizard]

Burn churches, perhaps. That's certainly a Norwegian pastime.

How would you pronounce that anyway?

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Kjerke? The kj is pronounced similarly to the ch in German ich, so consult Rammstein for an example.

The first e is pronounced æ, not too different from the a in English words like hat. The r is rolled and -ke would be like Spanish que.

Here's an example of the word kjerke used in a song.

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The standardized spelling is kirke, pronounciation is similar except the i which is like the one in e.g. wizard.

 

[Black Wizard]

The standardized spelling is kirke,

Kirk means church in Scotland too. The main town in Orkney is Kirkwall.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

I'm sure @Perun can shed light of how the word spread across all of the Germanic language sphere. Wikipedia gives its origin as Greek kyriakos.

 

[Black Wizard]

Perun has no interest in languages. None at all!

 

[Magnus]

Perun has no interest in languages. None at all!

Well in that case, here's Wiki again:

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Whereas church displays Old English palatalisation, kirk is a loanword from Old Norse and thus retains the original mainland Germanic consonants. Compare cognates: Icelandic & Faroese kirkja; Swedish kyrka; Norwegian (Nynorsk) kyrkje; Danish and Norwegian (Bokmål) kirke; Dutch kerk; German Kirche (reflecting palatalization before unstressed front vowel); West Frisian tsjerke; and borrowed into non-Germanic languages Estonian kirik and Finnish kirkko.

 

[Black Wizard]

We do actually have a languages thread for this sort of thing. This discussion is probably not random enough for this thread!