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    I personally think names should be pronounced as intended by their owner.

    Otherwise all the Sheniquas, Tajs and the various iterations of Tahnees, Caitlyn's and karlies are buggered

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    You are right GIGS. I concede the point. The Sheniqua's, Taj's, Tahnee's and Karlie's of this world have suffered enough already.

    Those are just the tip of the iceberg compared to some of the names I have come across.

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    especially when you were in Derby,James!

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    They deserve our compassion and understanding. It's a small price to pay for withholding our respect

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    Quote Originally Posted by James View Post
    No, but pronouncing a word that has a different English pronunciation might feel that way to some. Especially since the word isn't Spanish to begin with. If you want to get technical, the city Barcelona should be pronounced Barthelona, but if you did that and you aren't Spanish, you'd sound like a pretentious wanker to me.

    To me, it has nothing to do with racism or anything of the sort. It is a comfort issue. Should we call Paris as Paree or Mexico as Mehico? I'd prefer not to.

    Should we be calling the Sunwolves by their Japanese name?
    yep - reckon we should to be honest. Especially where it is spelt differently using a latin alphabet. there is no reason to pronounce it differently.

    speeli8ng using crylic or another alphabet is different, as it needs to be translated.

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    Quote Originally Posted by James View Post

    To me, it has nothing to do with racism or anything of the sort. It is a comfort issue. Should we call Paris as Paree or Mexico as Mehico? I'd prefer not to.

    Should we be calling the Sunwolves by their Japanese name?
    Well lets call it low level cultural intolerance then..
    You have to ask you selves who and why all these name were anglicised in the first place..

    And sure, why not make the effort to call the Sun Wolfs by their Japanese name? By being too worried about what the 77% think of you, you're missing out on all the fun of learning about other languages and cultures. That's like not wearing a bike helmet because you're worried someone will point and laugh. Peeps need to be bigger than that I think..

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    So I went off and checked..
    サンウルブズ (SAN'URUBUZU)
    sounds super cool..

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    Quote Originally Posted by antiussentiment View Post
    So I went off and checked..
    サンウルブズ (SAN'URUBUZU)
    sounds super cool..
    They're English words so surely the opposite would apply here?

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    If their name is in katakana, it's from the English. So Sunwolves.

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    Quote Originally Posted by antiussentiment View Post
    Well lets call it low level cultural intolerance then..
    You have to ask you selves who and why all these name were anglicised in the first place..

    And sure, why not make the effort to call the Sun Wolfs by their Japanese name? By being too worried about what the 77% think of you, you're missing out on all the fun of learning about other languages and cultures. That's like not wearing a bike helmet because you're worried someone will point and laugh. Peeps need to be bigger than that I think..
    Ironic really. Isn't you calling my opinion intolerant intolerant in itself? And I don't much care what other people think about me and what I say. That is not it at all.

    I am curious to know why you think names like Paris, Mexico or Barcelona were anglicised. My best guess is that we say things how we see them, and from the printing press until the television, written language became the dominant form of global communication. That influence has endured into television media. I like that we all have different ways of saying and doing things. It makes us unique.

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    Los Gauchos would have been a better name for all and sundry

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    Quote Originally Posted by James View Post
    Ironic really. Isn't you calling my opinion intolerant intolerant in itself?
    I was not aware I had. Sorry for any offence.
    My comment was just about the general practice degrading places with name changes and not a personal thing.

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