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I won't bother? But you don't know me? Did you mean that English speakers don't pronounce Russian names the way Russians do? Ask your local Russian to pronoun
by rendall 2y ago
I won't bother? But you don't know me?
Did you mean that English speakers don't pronounce Russian names the way Russians do?
Ask your local Russian to pronounce rural Worcestershire the way that English speakers do.
Your typical Russian speaker cannot. Is it that they aren't "bothering"? The idea is absurd. Let people approximate foreign names in their own tongue. Or, if the way that they naturally pronounce something is truly atrocious, give them a name that is easier to pronounce.
Or watch this fellow give foreign pronunciation his best shot: https://youtu.be/fKGoVefhtMQ https://youtu.be/fKGoVefhtMQ Absurd, right?
- protomolecule 2y agoOkay, that was about as rude on my part as ordering me to stop was on yours. My apologies. But the point is that most people won't bother to google the pronunciation, listen to it and make an effort to repeat close enough. By the way, Dr. Turyshev's name is the easy part, the surname is the real challenge)
- rendall 2y agoRussians when speaking Russian have no obligation to pronounce my name the way that I do, given that it apparently has sounds that are not in Russian. I don't think people have that obligation when the name has foreign sounds in it whatever language they're speaking.
- protomolecule 2y agoWhere did the word 'obligation' appear from?
- rendall 2y agoPerhaps you did not realize that asserting "It's Vyacheslav" and complaining that people do not "bother" to google "proper pronunciation" and "practice" until "good enough" strongly implies obligation? If not, it does. Disagree or not, let's agree to let this go. Feel free to have the last word. I will read it carefully.
- protomolecule 2y agoOf course it doesn't.