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submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

ask them to pronounce the name of this ferry route

Ask them to pronounce the name of this ferry route.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Just the way it's spelled, of course: Hurtigruten.

But American tourists call it hurdy gurden.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

They will also hear it that way no matter how clearly it is pronounced.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Is there another rut that isn't hurtig?