Talk:1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Copenhagen

Here is a spelling error. Danish for Copenhagen was, at this time ,"Kjøbenhavn" (today "København"). The "Ø,ø" letter is Dano-Norwegian, corresponding to the German and Swedish "Ö,ö" letter. The short pronounce of this vowel is pronounced very similar to (British English, at least) both "a" and "u" in " a n u mbrella". But in this case, its a long vowel (a vowel that can be "hold on"), and is pronounced like "u" in "ch u rch" or "i" in "b i rd". Like "Kubben-haun" with an ending "au"-diphthong. "Havn" means harbour, "Kjøben" (or "Køben") refers to words like "buy" or "purchase" ; a harbour to sell and buy things. It's oldest spelling was in old Scandinavian Runes, corresponding to either "Hafn" or "Havn" in Latin letters. Boeing720 (talk) 17:13, 20 December 2017 (UTC)