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Originally Posted by Nate the great
I believe conveying info is more important. But you are welcome to confuse hotel clerks and other people you meet by using the "correct" pronunciation.
Me, when I first heard the word Maori spoken aloud I listened to it twice and I still had to pause and try to figure out what they had said.
The mispronounced word would have been a lot easier to understand.
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Will nobody think of the hotel clerks!!
Absolutely the rest of the world should mispronounce words in their own language for your convenience. God forbid that these despicable foreigners should get away with speaking their own language
