Talk:Skellefteå

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I think this article lacks three points:

1. How is Skelleftea pronounced? Both in English, in Swedish and in the local dialect of Swedish (if there is one). I have once heard something like “Shee-lef-tah” on a recording, but I am not sure if it was correctly pronounced. Can someone write it, in international phonetic alphabet if possible?

2. How is/should be a person from Skelleftea called in English? A “Skelleftean”?

3. Don’t you think this article should incorporate a section called “famous people from Skelleftea” or “notable Skellefteans” (is “Skelleftean” OK?) or something like that? This section must certainly include Andreas Hedlund (a.k.a. Mr V) of Vintersorg, Borknagar, Otyg and a number of other bands. I guess he is one of the biggest men ever have grown up in Skelleftea, right? --195.175.116.106 19:26, 3 July 2007 (UTC)

1. Swedish - Shee-lef-teh-ough. Sh is often pronounced like Spanish J instead and I think it can go both ways. Ee is pronounced kinda like the e in elk. Ough is pronounced like in bought or fought. I'm not sure how locals pronounce it because I've never been there. I don't think there is any standard English pronouncation of the name, but I guess Ske-left-eh-ah or Ske-lef-tah are common.
2. No clue, in Swedish it's Skellefteåbo. Skellefteåan sounds most logical to me as a Swede but "eåa" might be hard to pronounce for you guys :p
3. Ok, I translated the one from Swedish wiki 84.216.45.159 14:31, 18 August 2007 (UTC)

One comment on (2). Skelleftebo gets as many Google hits as Skellefteåbo. That extra –å syllable gets even more in the way when you combine with –bo.

The same principle applies to Umeå, Luleå, Piteå and other coastal towns in northern Sweden: –å in official writing and speech, frequently without –å in local writing, without –å in local speech, and even more so in combinations with other words.

JöG 20:58, 4 September 2007 (UTC)