Pronunciation - English as a Melting Pot of many languages

Robin Michael   Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:32 pm GMT
This Video (see below) is worth putting on Antimoon because it addresses an interesting question. How are foreign names are pronounced in English?

Andy Warhola got round this problem by changing his name to Andy Warhol which is easier for English speaking people to pronounce.

I can remember seeing a Video of Barbara Streisand being extremely unpleasant and pedantic about how her name is pronounced.

There are two ways of pronouncing David Bowie, which is the stage name of David Jones.



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kA8u0dobFIo

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