The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #146685   Message #3397756
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
30-Aug-12 - 04:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: BBC America and names
Subject: RE: BS: BBC America and names
My impression is that trying to pronounce foreign names in the way the foreigners would pronounce them is seen as a bit unpatriotic by some people, especially in the States. That can be true in the UK, but more typically attempting the foreign pronunciation is seen as the better thing to do, not so much as a matter of courtesy, but as a way of showing off - "I've been abroad you know..."

Americans don't seem to do it that way.