Gail Herman asked this question about A Man Called Ove:
How do you pronounce Ove?
Leslie In Swedish, the letter O is pronounced ooh, as in ooh-la-la. The E at the end is soft, "eh". It's Ooh-veh, or Ooh-weh, depending upon the Swede pronou…moreIn Swedish, the letter O is pronounced ooh, as in ooh-la-la. The E at the end is soft, "eh". It's Ooh-veh, or Ooh-weh, depending upon the Swede pronouncing it - some turn all Vs into Ws, some make an effort to pronounce the V as we do in English.(less)
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