Originally Posted by VintageGibson
"Hehe. FWIW, I personally always try to defer to the pronunciation in the original language/dialect for any word."

Following that logic do you pronunce Paris as Paree, Munich as Munchen or Minga in Bavarian dialect?
Try this placename for a laugh; Ahoghill. smile
Well, there was a try in my sentence, but yes I would prefer to pronounce Paree and Munchen (though Munich of course is an anglicised spelling). I try. Quite hard. In reality there are several languages with which I sometimes struggle ... some Dutch words and many eastern European words, but I try. My guess on Ahoghill wasn't far from the online pronunciation I found, but I have to presume that was reasonably correct (aHOh'l)


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