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English Spelled Like DanishIn English some of the easiest words for Danish speakers are English spelled like Danish. The English words below are followed by their pronunciations to help you realize that these foreign words spelled exactly like Danish really are English words. Some of the following English words spelled like Danish are recently borrowed from English, like 'computer' and 'internet'. Some others have been borrowed from French ['ballet'] or from other languages by both English and Danish. [In the following pronunciation guide, only English words pronounced like Danish are included now, enclosed in single quotation marks. The rest of the English pronunciations will be added later.] ----- ENGLISH SPELLED LIKE DANISH ENGLISH -- [SAY DANISH] adapter ambulance aperitif -- [‘aperitif’] april arm August avocado -- [‘avocado’] baby -- [‘baby’] babysitter -- [‘baby’-] bacon -- [‘bacon’] ballet bank bar beige bikini -- [‘bikini’] broccoli -- [‘broccoli’] burger bus business class café -- [‘café’] camping Canada -- [‘Canada’] cardigan -- [‘cardigan’] CD CD (ROM) centimeter -- [‘centimeter’] check (banking) check-in -- [‘check-in’] chili -- [‘chili’] chutney cigar cognac -- [‘cognac’] computer -- [‘computer’] December denim -- [‘denim’] deodorant dessert diesel digital dollar (U.S.) drink (cocktail) -- [‘drink’] elevator e-mail -- [‘e-mail’] England Euro fax -- [‘fax’] film (movie) -- [‘film’] filter finger for -- [‘for’] garage gate (airport) gin -- [‘gin’] give gluten gram -- [‘gram’] guide -- [‘guide’] hammer hånd hård hare hat -- [‘hat’] have hors d’oeuvre -- [or DURV] hospital hotel -- [‘hotel’] ibuprofen influenza information instant messenger -- [‘instant messenger’] international internet jazz juice -- [‘juice’] kilo (-gram) kilogram kilometer kosher -- [‘kosher’] lime -- [‘lime’] lighter liter lotion -- [‘lotion’] manicure massage medium melon menu meter milkshake -- [-‘shake’] million mine monument motel -- [‘motel’] motor musical -- [‘musical’] nerve normal November omelet opera operation orange (color) oregano oval over paprika -- [‘paprika’] park (n.) pasta -- [PA-sta] patient pc (computer) pedicure pen -- [‘pen’] penicillin per per kilometer per person person pilsner planetarium plastic portion post (office) -- [‘post’] program (of events) radio reception religion reservation rest restaurant rice ring (jewelry) -- [‘ring’] rosé -- [‘rosé’] salt -- [‘salt’] sand -- [‘sand’] sandal satin -- [‘satin’] sauna scooter -- [‘scooter’] seminar September service shampoo shorts show (n.) -- [‘show’] side sightseeing -- [‘sightseeing’] souvenir -- [‘souvenir’] spa -- [‘spa’] specialist sport stadium stop (v.) sweater sweatshirt -- [‘sweatshirt’] symbol system tampon tank -- [‘tank’] terminal toilet T-shirt tube under USA vermouth violet (purple) vodka -- [‘vodka’] weekend whisky -- [‘whisky’] windsurfer (board) ----- In some cases two separate English words are spelled like one Danish word: ENGLISH -- [SAY DANISH] bus station business center -- [‘businesscenter’] internet café -- [-‘café’] jet-ski -- [‘jetski’] snack-bar -- [‘snackbar’] ----- FOR A GREATER CHALLENGE
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