Quote:

---

Quote:

---

There is no such thing as 'correct' pronunciation of any language ....

---

Ha ha. Of course there is.

Which is why so many people go to big efforts to properly learn languages, proper pronunciation and correct grammar. As well as the meanings of words.

Just because there are often regional accents to a language doesn't mean there isn't a proper way of saying the words.

---

Of course there is a proper pronunciation for the native speakers of any language, I was referring to pronunciation by non-native speakers. Listen to most English speakers pronounce Kahles, in Austrian/German it is "car less" whereas we usually pronounce it "carls".
Similarly Swarovski or any word starting with Sw. How many English speakers get the "sva" for Sw when pronouncing these words.
The well known VW cars, not "vee double you" as we English speakers say but "fou Vee" in Germman.

Obviously when in Rome try to pronounce as the Romans do but how we pronounce other language words doesn't matter in our own language we will understand each other.

Often no matter how hard we try we cannot produce the same sound as native speakers do. Try speaking English as a Scotsman does. Listen to Germans trying to get their tongue around the "th" in "the". Usually comes out as va, mind you many native English speakers use va too.

Post Extras