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Help[Opinions] Re: To pronounce a name the way you want - disrespectful?
in reply to a message by Caprice
Of course it's not disrespectful. This is how names do spread through cultures.
Why is Abraham pronounced AY-brə-ham in English?
Adelaide, AD-ə-layd and not Ah-deh-la-EED?
I guess it's a little embarrassing in a way, to have a name that retains a foreign spelling but not the pronunciation, since it reveals the name was learned by reading it and not from knowing one. But, not disrespectful.
- mirfak
Why is Abraham pronounced AY-brə-ham in English?
Adelaide, AD-ə-layd and not Ah-deh-la-EED?
I guess it's a little embarrassing in a way, to have a name that retains a foreign spelling but not the pronunciation, since it reveals the name was learned by reading it and not from knowing one. But, not disrespectful.
- mirfak
This message was edited 4/8/2016, 9:12 PM
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