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Re: Pronunciations
<< I would GENERALLY consider it "accurate" and NOT an afectation WHEN the
word comes EXCLUSEVELY from the other language and has no "established"
"English pronunciation" >>
I tend to agree, and I would extend the analogy to include "established
English METEORITE pronunciation" as well. Gibeon, Chassigny, and
Sikhote Alin would qualify as words coming <<exclusively from the other
language>> but there are "established" anglicized pronunciations most
of us observe. Otherwise, we would all be faced with the prospect of
re-learning the above pronunciations, and many more, based on the
intricacies of the dialects of their places-of-origin. There's probably
some grey area, as far as which anglicized-meteorite pronunciations
are considered "established" & which are not, but the bantering
about it is fun, and "vive le difference".
Gregory
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