Pronunciation - would you correct?

[Dipsydoodlenoodle]

I'm aware this isn't the right place to post but I wanted some advice about what you would have done.

We were out with friends a few months ago, they have a 6 year old dd. Friends are foreign. Let's call them Adam and Eve lol. I'm Friends with Adam and have met Eve on several occasions but don't know her well.

Eve says to Dd6 "what does this say"...Dd6 read it perfectly and pronounced it perfectly. Eve corrected dd6 for saying a local place wrong...(Eve pronounced it as it reads, rather than as its said). Obviously as I don't know her well I didn't want to interfere...but would you have corrected her (OK maybe not on front of dd6, but quietly to the side)?

I have several foreign friends and all are happy to get help with pronunciation or phrases...I just felt as I didn't know her very well, that it would be rude. I did consider trying to drop it into conversation, but I couldn't.

Why can't you just say what the word was?

Are we talking Ly-cester?

Or Car-liss-le?

Yes, I would have quietly and politely corrected her.

Has to be Milne-Gavvy.

Or Mull-guy, as locals say.

Where is it?

Happisburgh or Costessey in Norfolk?

That’s what I was thinking … 🤣

Grundisburgh?

Beaver
Fanshaw

Under those circumstances yes, along with a comment on what a wacky language English is

Or nearby Debach? Or not too far away Hollesley?

Maybe even Aldeburgh....

What about loogha barhougha

Cowbit?
Boscastle?
Woolfardisworthy?

Was it Strathaven AKA stray-ven or Culross Aka Qross lol?

but in those circumstances yes I probably would’ve tried to lightheartedly correct it somehow.

Yes, or just make some comment about the place but pronounce it correctly as the DD did.

Towcester?

Yeah of course I would've told her she was pronouncing it wrong, why wouldn't you?

It's not a big deal is it?

Yes I would’ve corrected her. I’d have gently said ‘… you know Eve, your dd is actually correct, it is pronounced xyz.’

I would ask if they like help or not.

Is it Alnwick? This one got me the other week (and wouldn't have minded being corrected!)

Or Hawick?

Worcestershire? Warwick?

An American once asked me how to pronounce Cirencester, thought I was kidding when I told him.

Why, how did he think it would be said?

Why, how did he think it would be said?
Well, he knew how to say Gloucester and Worcester so didn't know but was sure it couldn't be how it was written.