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Originally Posted by kyrilson
Yes, the verbal enunciation is very different from the spelling in the original language. A good example is the author’s name, Jo Nesbo, which is pronounced “yoo nesbah” from what I’ve gathered in interviews online.
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Yes, indeed. His name isn’t “Nesbo”, it’s “Nesbø”. “O” and “Ø” are different letters of the Norwegian alphabet, with the latter being pronounced something like “er” or a short “a”.