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Old May 4, 2009 | 5:47 am
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Originally Posted by euskadi
I consider myself fortunate, then, as I am generally understood, don't recall having prompted any s......s, and would hope to not be deemed as sounding pretentious, when I pronounce names of places approximating the original language.
But the thing is, I don't see why you would approximate the original language if you're speaking in English. If there's an English word/pronunciation for it, why wouldn't you use it?
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