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Old Apr 14, 2018, 11:55 AM
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Originally Posted by ArcheM View Post
So I'm also trying to learn a more native-like English pronunciation (or rather, American), and while practicing, I sort of often come across words in other languages that I know, especially German. My wires then get crossed and what comes out is probably not recognizable in either language (although closer to American, I suppose, because it's hard for me to switch gears). I'm wondering, though, what are you going to do once you've got the grasp of German pronunciation, if you encounter German words within an English text... like, the name of a town in a news article? ...Well, you probably haven't thought about it. I mean, what "regular" people do is pronounce slowly and phonetically, then adding that they probably got that wrong. But what if this doesn't apply anymore? Or maybe it's not a problem. Except myself, using the German pronunciation I'd kind of feel self-conscious, as if showing off.
I don't know what I'll do when it comes to pronouncing words in an English text. Right now I pronounce words in my head, I would be too self-conscious to pronounce them out loud. I mean every time I have encountered a German word (usually one we stole from the German language), I pronounce it like it'd sound in English (which I know is not right to do but it's how it comes out in my head). Now that I'm getting better at knowing how letters are pronounced in German I might be able to pronounce words better in German that I see in an English text, and not pronounce them like they would sound using the English alphabet pronunciation of letters. I don't know if I answered your question right though.
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