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Re: Pronunciations
Sharkkb8@aol.com wrote:
> When someone says "I'm going on a trip to Roma,
> Wien, Moskva and Napoli", or "I'm going to Meh-hee-co to search
> for Allende" don't we usually regard it as affectation rather than linguistic
> accuracy? I mean, should English-speakers really say paREE rather
> than Paris? Conversely, is there anything wrong with Spanish-speakers
> saying "Nueva York"? It's fun to kick around, though...anyone wanna
> take a stab at Suizhou, N'Goureyma, or Tuxtuac?
...now here´s another real hard one: "Le Teilleul", a Howardite from
France...
Good point, Gregory from "Los An-hel-es", with a mixed
Latino-US-population there. You can find the same melting-pot-situation
in Amsterdam, where Piper lives, or in New York, or in London, or in
other places. That´s good, and I agree that it´s fun kicking around!
There is a certain "flavour" to it, which is the flavour of life and
different cultures being around side by side, exciting and great! And
you are quite right: "Paris" instead of "Paree", "Munich" instead of
"München" - there is nothing wrong with this for an English speaker in
my opinion...
Alex
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