I've heard it pronounced on a couple tapes I got of lectures given by
British Ring of Troth members as "Ah-sah-true" (i.e., two long a's,
pronounced sort of like in "father" and the u pronouned as in the word
"true"). The surprise, to me, after mispronouncing it for years, was
that they placed the accent on the first syllable. This makes sense,
since it is a combination of two words: "asa" (gods) and "tru" (true).

If anyone else knows better, please correct me.

Jamie



-----Original Message-----
From: Twm Ffresiar [mailto:maboniii@...]
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 11:33 PM
To: norse_course@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [norse_course] Pronounciation


Something lately has been driving me crazy. Mostly
it's the conflict of several people who think they
know what they're talking about.

Since there are a great many Asatruar here, I was
wondering if the list owners, and possibly other
knowledgable individuals would know the proper
pronunciation of the work "Asatru" and "Asatruar."

I was under the impression, and I may have just picked
up a bad habit somewhere, that the "A" sounded like
"Ahh"...am I wrong? Or are there certain exceptions?

Thanks for addressing this,

Tom