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Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2025 10:47:14 +0100
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On Fri, 17 Jan 2025, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

> On 1/16/25 11:05 AM, D wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> On Thu, 16 Jan 2025, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
>> 
>>> On 16/01/2025 05:48, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:
>>> 
>>>>    Hmmmm ... some say 'gods' only live so long as they
>>>>    are remembered - did I just extend the lifetime of
>>>>    Woden ?  :-)
>>> 
>>> I though it was Odin or Wotan.
>> 
>> I'd say Wotan for the germanic tribes, Odin for the vikings. Oden for 
>> todays swedes.
>
>  Granny, Dansk, pronounced it very close to "wooden".

Similar to the swedish pronunciation, except the w is silent, so I assume 
the w got dropped over the centuries. The ooo is as in "booo hooo". In 
icelandic, it's Ódin where the Ó is like the "oh" of every day english.
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