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Loanwords often don't break pronunciation rules in English either. Vladimir, prosciutto, croissant are all pronounced as if they were English words by everyone
by kmm 9y ago
Loanwords often don't break pronunciation rules in English either. Vladimir, prosciutto, croissant are all pronounced as if they were English words by everyone but the most pedantic, and they sound very different in their origin language. Even surnames arent pronounced "right", cfr. Buscemi
- strictnein 9y ago> ... croissant are all pronounced as if they were English words People may not pronounce croissant like the French do, but they certainly do not pronounce it as written, which would be something like Croy-sant. People say cri-sont.
- beojan 9y ago> People may not pronounce croissant like the French do It's pretty close, well within the range of regional variation in English pronunciation.
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- FeteCommuniste 9y agoProsciutto and Buscemi are normally pronounced basically right, from what I've heard, setting aside the usual English reduction of unstressed vowels. Italian words typically suffer less deformation than French ones. "Bruschetta" being an exception.
- russellbeattie 9y agoI already gave two examples (and there are many more): Tortilla and hor d’oeuvres. Neither are pronounced phonetically.