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Old Apr 30, 2009 | 7:14 pm
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Originally Posted by Mr H
That's common with football teams. For example, we don't say Royal Madrid, and we pronounce Paris Saint Germaine with an English Paris and a French Saint Germaine.

Not universal though. We pronounce Dynamo as in the English.
Actually, come to think of it, I pronounce PSG all in French, and Dynamo in...some foreign accent, unless I'm talking about the Houston Dynamo. And while I don't pronounce Madrid with all the Spanishness it requires, it isn't like Munich/Muenchen.

I went to watch the UEFA Cup today, and no one knows who I'm talking about when I pronounce Werder Bremen approximately correctly.
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