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Episode: 0139 – Pronouncing Foreign Words
Description: 0139 – Pronouncing Foreign Words Foreign namesForeign names can be quite awkward to come across, but with the increasingly global village, they are much more likely to appear. A produced commercial script should have been past so many people to sign it off, that a pronunciation is supplied. If it’s not, perhaps in the case of a news story, a call to native speaker of that language (or maybe the country’s embassy or consulate) might be helpful. Alternatively, there may be some occasions where you can omit the name of a foreign dignita...