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General => General Technical Chat => Topic started by: RoGeorge on August 25, 2023, 07:06:59 am

Title: Bluetooth name spoken in original?
Post by: RoGeorge on August 25, 2023, 07:06:59 am

If Bluetooth Wireless got its name after a Viking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harald_Bluetooth,) then how would "blue tooth" be spelled and pronounced in the native language of the Vikings?

Found this page https://forvo.com/word/bl%C3%A5tand/#sv (https://forvo.com/word/bl%C3%A5tand/#sv) with different pronunciations of "Blåtand" in Danish and Swedish, and https://www.howtopronounce.com/bl%C3%A1t%C7%ABnn (https://www.howtopronounce.com/bl%C3%A1t%C7%ABnn) for Icelandic, but I don't know much about vikings (or if that's the right word to lookup) and what language do they spoke 1000+ years ago, so which spelling/pronunciation would be closer to how the king himself would say "Bluetooth"?  :)

Title: Re: Bluetooth name spoken in original?
Post by: RoGeorge on August 25, 2023, 07:29:34 am

Found something  :D

Bluetooth: The Runes on Your Phone
Jackson Crawford

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58r83dwCd5A (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=58r83dwCd5A)