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  • How many of you are non-native English speakers?

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  • Native French speaker. I like to learn new words both in French and English to extend my vocabulary.

    I learned English mainly by playing video games. I remember playing Super Mario Bros. in English while still learning to read French.

  • Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

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  • Yes you're right, I bet the French "u" is strange for an anglophone!

    The sound I have the most trouble with in English is "th". When I try it it kind of defaults to a "d". In France they usually pronounce it like a "z" instead.

  • Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

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  • Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

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  • I'm told "écureuil" is an infamously hard word for non-natives. It's funny that one of the hardest words to pronounce in English in my opinion is "squirrel". At least for a beginner.

    To answer your question, I was thinking about words with nasal vowels, which are non-existent in English.

    "Enfant", "informatique", "un brin brun"

    My own first name has a nasal vowel and in my experience talking to native English speakers, it's seems like a challenge to them.

  • Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

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  • Great argument.

    I don't think English has any nasal vowels.

  • Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

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  • It's a French name pronounced the English way?

  • Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

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  • Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

  • Should you copy a person's accent when pronouncing their name?

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  • My name is unpronounceable for most non-native French speakers. I tell them to not even try, as there are sounds in French that don't exist in English. Instead, I introduce myself by butchering my own name, or by using the English equivalent to my name.

    So, no, I don't think people should use an accent of the origin language of a name. You can try, and I'll even rate you on a scale of 10, but I don't expect you to not butcher my name anyway.

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  • Not for me, tho

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  • A source of ancient awesomesauce has been rediscovered

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  • Anton Petrov

  • Let's play this game again

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  • But you have to walk there

  • Do you interpret a 👍 as a rude reply?

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  • 🖕🏻 (respectfully) /s

  • Today: many Protests in Europe. Serbia, Hungary, Romania & Italy.

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  • There's not a single palestinian flag on this picture.

  • This speaks for itself

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  • Misandry or misanthropy?

  • Prehistoric whale adventure!

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  • Indohyus is a good boy

  • Oh how things have changed

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  • It was not nearly the worst place on the web!!!

  • Hurry

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