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And not everybody can speak multiple languages. I know as well as you do that letters don't make the same sounds in other languages. But have you ever heard of overpronouncing? That's when an American English speaker (for the sake of argument; anybody can do this) says a foreign word or name in a strictly correct way, but since they don't have the right accent or background, it ends up sounding exaggerated and like they're trying to imitate an accent they don't actually have.

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Like if I was to pronounce the Spanish surname Ramirez, and trilled my r's like they do in Spanish, that would sound utterly ridiculous and probably offend a Spanish speaker.

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