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Originally Posted by Livia
When people pronounce foreign words the way foreigners do it sounds pretentious to me. Like when BBC news readers pronounce an African leader's name.
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It's because the Presenters on TV do it to get a pat on the back from people off of Social Media, rather than just saying the names how they'd really say them.
It's my explanation as to why I agree with you that it's pretentious.
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