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Old 21st April 2006, 10:14 PM
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these things are so difficult to explain

but here's what I think :

the 'ö' in björk's name is phonetically for english people written as 'oe' , so the I think the corrent way to phonetically spell björk in english is by-oe-rk.

It's like by-ork but with a a hint of the 'e' sound from jerk in it too. I think an english speaker will stress the 'BY' sound as in 'By-ork' , but a native will stress the vowel 'by-Ork'.
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