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HelpRe: Pronunciation - Should it be enforced?
in reply to a message by Joiya
Enforced is such strong word, but I think it's a matter of respect. Especially if it's a foreign name. I alway try to mimick the way people call themselves.
It has a lot of nuance now that I think about it..
*Foreign names
*Names pronounced in a foreign accent. I work with a French Elsa, and I notice the French pronouce the 's' a lot softer, almost like a 'z' (el-ZAH vs. EL-sah). Is it rude to call her the English pronounciation?
On the other hand, I work with a Niamh. It's definitely rude to just call her NEE-am because that's what made sense to me when I first read it.
"Find what you love, and let it kill you." Charles Bukowski
It has a lot of nuance now that I think about it..
*Foreign names
*Names pronounced in a foreign accent. I work with a French Elsa, and I notice the French pronouce the 's' a lot softer, almost like a 'z' (el-ZAH vs. EL-sah). Is it rude to call her the English pronounciation?
On the other hand, I work with a Niamh. It's definitely rude to just call her NEE-am because that's what made sense to me when I first read it.
"Find what you love, and let it kill you." Charles Bukowski
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