Hoozer, you say! Yes I suppose it would, and it's rather nicer than the 'gurz' that it's just replaced in my head. Someone once told me that the thing you buy newspapers and cigarettes from is properly pronounced 'shosk', which I guess might also mean that we have to say 'Sheerkegaard' (if indeed we feel the need to say it at all). Perhaps there are legions of literate Norwegians around that can confirm or deny?