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How do you pronounce Chile and The Seine

View Poll Results: How do you pronounce Chile (the country) and The Seine (River in Paris)

Chilly

94.44%

Chilly
	17	94.44%

Chillay

5.56%

Chillay
	1	5.56%

The Sane

33.33%

The Sane
	6	33.33%

The Sen

55.56%

The Sen
	10	55.56%

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14-08-2024, 09:05 AM

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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.

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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