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Q: How is "Ostgardr" pronounced?

A: A purist would maintain that the correct Icelandic pronunciation (complete with pitch-inflections) would be something like "ooOOST-arth(r)", with the final r nearly silent, but the Vikings of the Province's early days have given way to a cosmopolitan assortment of Spaniards, Moors, Celts, Normans, et multae cetera, who mostly pronounce the name "OOST-gard" (although some long-time members still say "Estgard").


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