If you pronunce the E like the one in Eddie, it's correct.
What I meant by say long E when sing, it's just that sometimes you
stretch the words a bit to fit the melodyline, so the in the song
it may sound like a long E in Elin.
Sorry for the confusion, I could express myself far better in
Norwegian, because then we just say: Elin.

Cheers
GJ

I'm pretty sure I've heard Tiger himself, during interviews on golf shows, pronounce it Elin, with the long E.
DonM

Hi

Maybe!
But I guess that one talent he missed is to speak a Scandinavian language.
Elin is pronunced in Danish like it is in Norwegian.

J�rgen

Maybe this is an examle who sounds more like it does in her
native Swedish language:
When say the words letter, message or weld the E sounds like it does
when we say Elin, but if you say E as a single letter in english it
sounds like the way Swedish or Norwegians pronunce the letter i (I).

When sing it as you hear in the YouTube clip it sounds more like:
"Dr������mmen om Eeeeeelin" or in English "dreeeeeaming 'bout Eeeeeelin"
thats what I meant by say long E.

OT ?? Nah, much music in speaking languages

Jonny rather have ABBA

Well for many many years English and European bands have pronounced words with the American pronounciation including bands such as The Beatles and Rolling Stones even though that is not how they would normally pronounce them in daily speech. That is why the accent of non-American bands is not always obvious ... because they sing with an American accent.

When it comes to singing there is always creative freedom when it comes to pronounciation. Whatever makes the song work.


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This has nothing to do with pronunciation, but its comical enough to share. My 82 year old father in law ( an avid golfer himself) has this philosophy that Tiger has a disease and there must be some kind of pill to help him and it's not Viagra .

Reminds me of "Bei Mir Bist Du Schon" by the Andrew Sisters. "Schon" isn't pronounced correctly but had to rhyme with "explain".

Taike

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I seldom post her, but in this serious matter I can't resist! ;-)
Although you are a close neighbour,Gunnar Jonny, I don't think you got the pronunciation quite correct. Listen to: http://forvo.com/word/elin/
I think this is a fairly decent pronunciation of the word "Elin"

Greetings and A Merry Christmas from a snowy Sweden!

Janne

[This message has been edited by Turnip (edited 12-20-2009).]

Hej Janne,
nice to see you join in.

The link you provided is a nice tool and sure sounds better than I'm able to explain by writing.
But that said, it may be some local variations depending of where we are around the Scandinavian
countries due to local native tongue.
Swedish in general are more "melodic" than Norwegian that is more "stright forward" sort of speak.
Also if you listen to the way they sing in YouTube clip, and the word spoken in the spoken clip
it's a difference even if both are Swedish.

Sk�l, og ha en trivelig Jul og et Godt Nytt �r!

GJ