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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I think names should be pronounced so they can be understood by the listener. This may mean not using the "correct" pronunciation.
For example, the correct French-Canadian pronunciation of "Bujold" (Boo-jwah) looks nothing like the spelling.I had been mispronouncing it for years.
If you say it correctly many people will be confused.
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Really? Words should be deliberately mispronounced to pander to people who don't know better? That's just wrong.
How, for example, did you discover the correct pronunciation of Bujold? Presumably by hearing somebody pronounce it correctly. And yet you would deny others the opportunity to learn
