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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I went to school with a French guy named Claude and I would cringe when people would pronounce it 'clode'. It came off as pretentious. [/quote] I find that sort of attitude extremely irritating. Would you say someone is pretentious for trying to pronounce a Mexican or Indonesian name correctly? I don't think so. You are prejudiced against certain countries and not others. It means that deep down, you hold the (wrong) belief that some countries are better than others and you also hate feeling (wrongly) inferior, such that you resent people associating themselves with that country. It's a very twisted way of thinking, PP. Stop that immediately.[/quote] In my workplace certain people pronounce the “Mexican and Indonesian” names with an accent but don’t do it for the “Claude’s”. It comes off like they’re pandering to the Mexicans and Indonesians.[/quote]
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