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[quote=Anonymous][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]

That takes us back to the rule: pronounce it how the person does when introducing themselves.  It’s simple courtesy. [/quote]

But often they pronounce it that way because of their accent. I find it unnatural to mimic people’s accents. I am not sure everyone likes having someone mimic or copy their accent. I travel a lot and I expect people to say  my name with their natural accents. I would find it odd if they tried to change their accent to speak like me to say my name and honestly no one does that. They aren’t actors who have been trained to speak in other accents. [/quote]

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