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gessle?
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Zargo said on May 23, 2003 10:03:
Ignorant person that I am, I would like confirmation on how ’gessle’ is actually pronounced...
Is it ’Gess- la ’ or ’Gess’l ’ ?
thanks.
infofarmer said on May 23, 2003 10:48:
“ge” like “ge” in “get”
“ss” like “s”
“le” like “le” in “let”, but “l” is slightly softer
the emphasis goes on “ge”
TheBitterOne said on May 23, 2003 15:20:
For it’s a Swedish name: Isn’t the “g” at the beginning spoken “j”?
ally77 said on May 23, 2003 15:52:
If you ever get the chance to hear Per on interviews they always pronounce it “Guess-lah”, so I am guessing this is right, going off this week’s radio interview on Rix FM!!!
ditroia said on May 23, 2003 16:33:
When Speaking to English Press he says “Gess - ell”
When speaking swedish he says “Gess - leh”
I’ve also heard it pronouced with the Y sound “Yess-leh”
Gyllene Tider IS pronounced with a Y sound, So “Yelle- en - ah - Teed - er”
Cheers
Dave
steven said on May 23, 2003 16:40:
Isn’t Gessle a German name and not Swedish?
And I’ve heard it pronounched “gess-lay” like the confectionary maker Nestle.
daniel_alv said on May 23, 2003 16:42:
it’s swedish i think.... atleast you should pronounce it like swedish.... listen o on eof the interviews in swedish radio to hear how they pronounce it
DaminehGessle said on May 23, 2003 17:47:
My friend from Sweden laughed when she heard me saying Ge-ss-lah. She said it’s Ye-ss-lah! Weird!
Swedish is a weird language. I can’t keep up with Per’s new song. I know the english version and that would be enough for now haha! For I will never ever be able to learn the Swedish version.
tevensso (moderator) said on May 23, 2003 18:00:
It’s definitely not German. This name is “taken” which means it’s made up. Per’s grandfather took it, instead of Johansson. When a name is “taken” no other family is allowed to use it.
HummingBird said on May 23, 2003 18:36:
Since it’s taken it’s not German of course, but it could be, from its “form”/”morphology”, there are lots of German names (esp. in the south) that end on -le. So therefore the assumption I guess.
DaminehGessle said on May 23, 2003 22:46:
So tevensso, not many Gessles out there eh? The chance of me finding a man with the same last name is very low :(
daniel_alv said on May 24, 2003 23:26:
no, Gessle is just a name, don’t think it means something
Gessle is not pronounced Yess-lah... not Y, it’s G...
I just watched the video from roxbytes of per at bigno lotto, in the end the host (Lasse Kornér) sais Per Gessle... that’s the right way to say Gessle...
tevensso (moderator) said on May 25, 2003 11:15:
Damineh: Ha ha, no, as far as I know there’s Per and his brother and they’re both married. Umm, then there’s Gabriel of course... I think that’s all of them?
daniel_alv said on May 25, 2003 13:39:
there us 10 persons in Sweden with the name Gessle!
Source: www.SCB.se
ditroia said on May 26, 2003 01:54:
Well Gessler is a very popular name!
I think It’s German.
Why Did Per’s GF Change the name in the first place.
Dave
infofarmer said on May 26, 2003 07:38:
@daniel_alv:
No way! Hey, even statistically there would be much more than 10 people with the same last name. But I think his fame also makes a contribution. Aren’t there people, who have changed there last name to Gessle??
The source has obviously a small database.
tevensso (moderator) said on May 26, 2003 08:27:
Dave, he got into a fight with his brother and didn’t want to have the same last name as him anymore...
Jud (moderator) said on May 26, 2003 08:30:
well if the statistic center of Sweden says it is 10, it IS 10.... eller? ;)
Jackeill said on May 23, 2003 10:25:
it’s simply gessle. g-e-s-s-l-e. like per told once in an interview. :)