W's in Swedish??

From: Glen Gordon
Message: 7638
Date: 2001-06-14

Torsten:
>Jutland Danish ("jysk") south of the Limfjord has v before front
>vowels, w before back vowels. North of the Limfjord it's w-
>everywhere.

That's interesting. My gramma was pronouncing her swedish
words with a "w", but I'm not sure whether that's because she
was from Minnesota (American influence) or whether this is
actually something done in Sweden. (My gramma's parents came from
Stockholm.)

- gLeN

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