AIBU to hate people who pronounce Chile "Chil-AY" and Kenya "KEEENyar"

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you know, I just don't care if it's right it just sounds dreadful and a great trumpeting of Arse.

Exacto Topsy. Seria mas afectado leerlo como si no tuviera ni una palabra de castellano

No tengo el menor idea como se pronuncia Kenya.

anonacfr - ah, I'm delighted to see your knowledge of um... those letters with hats on for example - is as broad as my own!

yes i can't even add an accent. On my old key board it was ctrl+shift plus the letter. Since i got this mac i haven't been able to do a single accent. heaven only knows where they're hidden.

So is the idea that you shall pronounce the name of a country in the language of the country? Or in the English name for the name of the country?

well I am going to have problems when we start having to pronounce Korea or Thailand correctly in the language of the country. I don't have a clue what they call their own countries but I am sure I can't reproduce it

No, but a name you would pronounce correctly!! You wouldn't continue to say seeobawn instead of siobhan after you'd been told it was shuvawn. Being poncey or non poncey not an issue so much wiht names imo.

I don't say Cheeleh. I don't say frahhhhnce either.

I concur, by the logic of this thread, that the Germans should not say "Norwegen" about Norway, but Norge, and the British should not say Norway either, they too should say Norge, AND pronounce it correctly? Because otherwise they are ignorant?

Am I right.

yeah imo that would be stupid. but you'd still make an effort to pronounce mette Janssen correctly? (not at all difficult though)

nooooooooo
if we pronounce it correctly, it is kind of showing of

Go on though, tell us, how do you correctly pronounce Norge?

noryeah ??

does somebody know?

QS should know

she's Norwegian

i am going to speak English all day and I will resist the temptation to slip into other languages spontaneously when talking about their country/people!

I am resisting the temptation to slip into Korean today too

come to think of it I got a mail from Dad yesterday telling me how to say happy birthday in Korean.

My dad is enamoured of all things Korean these days...

It reminds me of the Radio 4 comedy series a few years back, which had a 'Tim-nice-but-dim' type and his gap-year 'adventures'.

"When I was kidnapped in Malawi, or as the locals say 'Malwa'..."

I suppose you had to be there. It was very funny though.

Apparently transcribed it is:
Saeng-il chuk'ha - haeyo
pronounced:
sang -eel chucker - hah yoh

Just to tide us over whilst waiting to hear about Norge..

here's a helpful guide on how to say Kenya

All though I reserve the right to say
Chil-AY
Bar-the-lona
Ba-len-thia
Pae-eya
Chori-tho
Rio Grand-ay

As my Dad is Spanish, I'm not being pretentious, I am more familiar with the Spanish pronunciations!

I often find when I'm speaking I tend to drop pronouns, and chuck in the odd Spanish word out of habit, as although I am not fluent in Spanish, my dad initially wanted to bring me up as bilingual, but was told to stop speaking Spanish to me by a HV who told my mum I had a speech delay!!!

So if we cant say it correctly in the language it is spoken in the country we are refering to, why is it so annoying if somebody else cant pronounce the name of the same foreign country correctly in english?

Take me, you have me confused now, because I am no longer sure that I can pronounce Kenya or Chile in a manner that would satisfy you lot.

Yet, I do know how I would pronounce Kenya and Chile in norwegian.

And you would brand me ignorant and annoying.

Catalans don't say BarTHelona though! they say BarSalona, so saying Barthelona opens up a whole can of worms!

PMSL that it says "forget Norway!" Sorry QS but it fitted so well in the thread

Look it's going to take a foreigner to sort you all out here.

Say the name of the country in your OWN language.

Make the best effort you can to get somebody's name right.

[gavel]

as they say on MN

Nor - Ge

With a hard G. the e pronounced like in Erica

"why is it so annoying if somebody else cant pronounce the name of the same foreign country correctly in english?"

because we like it complicated. Only foreigners think we are tolerant tbh, we all know better.

ooh I can do that

poncey hat on - I can pronounce Norge correctly. Not too difficult really, is it? Have to throw it into my conversation today somehow, earn some dislike