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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you meet someone from another country who has a name that’s also an English name, do you use the American pronunciation or the pronunciation used in that country? For example, if you meet a Spanish person named Isabella, do you pronounce it the American way, or do you pronounce it (Ee-sah-BELL-ah)? [/quote]

If you speak the language, you pronounce it correctly and not the American way. 
If you are speaking in English, you pronounce it the American-way. 
Trying to mix it up is somewhat insulting unless you can pronounce it correctly and know the person. 
If it's a stranger, stick to the first two sentences, or you will look pretentious like a try-hard. [/quote]

I think this is pretty good advice but my Russian friend Ivan always hated that American people called him Eye-ven instead of the Russian which sounds a lot like Yvonne.

Being chill about it and fixing any problems with a pleasant correction works well.  Also I hate those little statements that mispronouncing people's names is a microaggression.  Unless it's deliberately done to anger someone, it's not a slight.[/quote]

I think people say it's a microaggression when the mispronouncer has had many opportunities to learn the correct pronunciation but has not shown an interest in learning.[/quote]

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