• Buffalox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    4 days ago

    Funny 😋

    But besides the joke, Kirsten is a Danish name, and was the most common name for girls in Denmark in 1996.
    I’m more confused about her last name, because here that means something like “Really Bad Smell”.
    And I can almost guarantee most non Danes are pronouncing that even more wrong.

    Kirsten is pretty easy, I think something like Keerstn would be pretty close.

    • Dragonstaff@leminal.spaceEnglish
      111·
      4 days ago

      Americans can’t handle anything more “ethnic” than “Bob”. I’m sure she gets called “Kristin” a lot.

    • FoxyFerengi@startrek.websiteEnglish
      8·
      4 days ago

      I have a cousin named Kirsten, it’s pronounced like kur-stin. She’s the only Kirsten I’ve met that pronounces it that way

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldEnglish
        7·
        4 days ago

        Yeah I’ve met one that pronounces it K-ear-stin And one that pronounces it K-er-stin.
        And this is where I realize I never paid attention to how people type proper sounds of letters, haha

    • TRock@feddit.dkEnglish
      6·
      4 days ago

      Dane here also, i partly agree on the bit regarding the last name. Only people I know who would do this are older than like 45. probably…😂

    • Constant Pain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 days ago

      I’m not Dane but that’s how I pronounce it. I can’t see how people are pronouncing it any other way.

      Kirsten is some version of Cristina, by chance?

        • Constant Pain@lemmy.worldEnglish
          3·
          3 days ago

          It does in fact come from “Cristina”, as in “came from Christ”:

          “Kirstine is a girl’s name that originally comes from the saint’s name Saint Christina , which is derived from Christ . Variants of the name include Kirsti , Kirstin , Kirstina . Around 4,500 people bear one of these names according to Statistics Denmark .”

  • InvalidName2@lemmy.zipEnglish
    71·
    4 days ago

    Any time I have a question about how to pronounce a name I just play the name game in my head with their name and that usually resolves it for me. Dunst Dunst bo-bunst banana fana fo funst me my mo munst. Kirsten Dunst. Like that. Clears it right up.