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The classic English-language (not just British) example is the name of Chile's former dictator. "Pinochet" should be pronounced with a hard 't' at the end, as i
by TMWNN 3y ago
The classic English-language (not just British) example is the name of Chile's former dictator. "Pinochet" should be pronounced with a hard 't' at the end, as is the case in Spanish, and not the French silent 't'.
- mahkeiro 3y agoBut Pinochet is a French family name why would the French mispronounced it?
- graemep 3y agoSurnames should be pronounced the way the person who has it pronounces it. My family do nor pronounce our Dutch surname "correctly" - but its centuries since the ancestor we got the name from left the Netherlands. We use an archaic spelling too.