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in reply to a message by Array
Well, mixed feelings about this.
Since I speak a language whose sounds are near impossible for English speakers to pronounce the way we do, I guess I have an 'insider perspective'.
First I like many 'English' names, that are never pronounced the right way in Croatian and I would never use them for that reason:-(
And it does bother me when people use 'our' names and can't pronounce them (even though this doesn't happen that offten, but I've seen it a few times with names like Franjo, Lovorka, etc.).
So I guess I've concluded that I'd rather not use a name that doesn't have a standard or same pronounciation in my language.
Since I speak a language whose sounds are near impossible for English speakers to pronounce the way we do, I guess I have an 'insider perspective'.
First I like many 'English' names, that are never pronounced the right way in Croatian and I would never use them for that reason:-(
And it does bother me when people use 'our' names and can't pronounce them (even though this doesn't happen that offten, but I've seen it a few times with names like Franjo, Lovorka, etc.).
So I guess I've concluded that I'd rather not use a name that doesn't have a standard or same pronounciation in my language.
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