Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It would depend on how she introduced herself to others-plenty of people decide to Americanize the pronunciation of their name when speaking w English speakers and i would follow their lead.
I was in a small academic cohort where a woman introduced herself in a way that was a common way for English speakers to mispronounce her name. (LARla) and then one member of the group many months into our program googled the native pronunciation and started calling her “larLAAAAH.” It was word and larla did not appreciate it.
This is a weird anonymizing comment. Why not just give us the name?
Anonymous wrote: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.
Anonymous wrote:I try to pronounce everyone's names the way they pronounce it.
Anonymous wrote: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)?
Anonymous wrote:I try to pronounce everyone's names the way they pronounce it.
Anonymous wrote:It would depend on how she introduced herself to others-plenty of people decide to Americanize the pronunciation of their name when speaking w English speakers and i would follow their lead.
I was in a small academic cohort where a woman introduced herself in a way that was a common way for English speakers to mispronounce her name. (LARla) and then one member of the group many months into our program googled the native pronunciation and started calling her “larLAAAAH.” It was word and larla did not appreciate it.
Anonymous wrote:I try to pronounce everyone's names the way they pronounce it.
Anonymous wrote:I try to pronounce everyone's names the way they pronounce it.