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Similarly Swarovski or any word starting with Sw. How many English speakers get the "sva" for Sw when pronouncing these words.

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The well known VW cars, not "vee double you" as we English speakers say but "fou Vee" in Germman.

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Folks varg en

I do say the English Vee Double U.

Letters are usually said in the home country pronunciation ie English in English speaking countries. German in German.

Tried once to talk about BMW to a drunk German at a beerhall in Munich. Who worked there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKtAbo1T2Rw
How to Pronounce BMW? Full Form German + English Pronunciation & Meaning | Bayerische Motoren Werke


folk swaa gen

https://www.google.com/search?biw=1146&a...DCA0&uact=5

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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.

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