Trying your hand at foreign pronunciations is a sign of openness and accommodation. Such attempts can go wrong, but they are better than not trying at all
-sound. English has nothing particularly close. This leaves a few bad options. Pronouncing “Macron” as though it were English, rhyming with “micron” distorts the name considerably. And if you pronounce the -- in the middle of the name, and so adopt the uvular French one. Now you are back to a gap-year accent, open to criticism for showing off.
Attempts at authentic native pronunciation can go wrong, too. Ukraine has asked that its capital be called Kyiv, as in the , and not Kiev, as in Russian . Many reporters want to show they are on team Kyiv, and pronounce the name as unlike “Kiev” as possible, coming out with “”. But that isn’t quite right, either. Like “Kiev”, Kyiv in Ukrainian is properly pronounced with two vowels back to back. But they are something like thein “Steve”. This unusual combination doesn’t exist in English, and so many outsiders mangle it.
Still, trying your hand at foreign pronunciations is a sign of openness and accommodation. It is often impossible to please everyone. In a world torn by national antagonisms, it is no great crime to make an effort. Save your scorn for those who do not try at all.
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