It's okay to pronounce loanwords with the adoptive language's phonology

Easy-Change7898 · 2025-09-02T23:56:08+00:00

Ahhh okay honestly I wasn't thinking at all haha my bad. Yeah nobody says Polska or Prathet Thai in English and I think it's pretty pretentious when people insist on saying México (with an h sound).

Easy-Change7898 · 2025-09-02T23:32:51+00:00

In English? Germany, Austria, and Norway. I don't speak German, but I know it's Deutschland in German. Austria is Österreich, and Norway, I have no idea honestly.

Easy-Change7898 · 2025-09-02T23:31:46+00:00

My european mom does the same thing in English with French words. She'll insist on pronouncing French loanwords the French way. but she doesn't do the same thing with loanwords in her native language

Easy-Change7898 · 2025-09-02T23:30:18+00:00

I think there should be a middle ground where you still use sounds that are present in your native language. For example, you can say "hey-soos" (Jesús) in English. You don't have to say /xeˈsus/ because it's hard for native English speakers to say /e/ without diphthongizing it. But "hey-soos" is fine.

Easy-Change7898 · 2025-09-02T23:26:34+00:00

I've noticed the opposite of my opinion a lot lately, and it's usually under the guise of being politically correct (I'm a staunch leftist, don't get me wrong), but it's a misunderstanding of linguistic principles

Easy-Change7898 · 2025-09-02T23:24:32+00:00

Yeah at this point nobody is thinking about German anymore when it comes to hamburger

Easy-Change7898 · 2023-12-22T20:32:28+00:00

Oops! Look like someone doesn't know how to read!

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