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Latakia, Syria in the news, and pronunciation
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<blockquote data-quote="KevinM" data-source="post: 244975" data-attributes="member: 2318"><p>Worked with a Hispanic lady who thought that as the person reponsible for corporate communication I oughta unilaterally decree in the name of diversity that the names of Hispanic employees, when tthey appeared in print media, should have the little Espanol "hypertext" marks indicating pronunciation. She also thought that, in spoken communication -- speeches, presentations -- Hispanic names should be pronounced with a Spanish cadence. My basic reply was, "Wellyeahbut, we're speaking and writing in English. So everything gets Anglicized." She was muy POed. At one point, I recruited some Hispanic volunteers to help on translations. But the volunteers seldom agreed on anything and the time spent in meetings became embarrassing. </p><p></p><p>P.S. Everyone knows that Latakia is pronounced "laht."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="KevinM, post: 244975, member: 2318"] Worked with a Hispanic lady who thought that as the person reponsible for corporate communication I oughta unilaterally decree in the name of diversity that the names of Hispanic employees, when tthey appeared in print media, should have the little Espanol "hypertext" marks indicating pronunciation. She also thought that, in spoken communication -- speeches, presentations -- Hispanic names should be pronounced with a Spanish cadence. My basic reply was, "Wellyeahbut, we're speaking and writing in English. So everything gets Anglicized." She was muy POed. At one point, I recruited some Hispanic volunteers to help on translations. But the volunteers seldom agreed on anything and the time spent in meetings became embarrassing. P.S. Everyone knows that Latakia is pronounced "laht." [/QUOTE]
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