British broadcasters

[A. Vine]

Lynne Murphy wrote:
>
> Ken Miller asks about British pronunciations of foreign terms and place names.
> There does seem to be some weird xenophobic tendency in some Brit
> pronunciations.  While I'm willing to go native here and work on a SHedule and
> take vItamins and Hherbs, I vowed when I came here
> that I would never be caught ordering a faedgeeta at a Mexican restaurant.

Many English people pronounce "schedule" similarly to Americans, so there's no
need to change your pronunciation of that particular word.

>
> But at the same time, I believe there are cases where it is the American
> pronunciation that is further from the source language, although I'm having
> a hard time thinking of an example at the moment.  Of course, the English
> pronounce "France" more like the French than the Americans, but that's an
> accident, since it's part of a wider UK English pattern.  In both countries
> 'France' rhymes with 'dance.'
>

Some French pronounced in England may be closer, but some is definitely further,
e.g. Beaulieu and Ypres.  I believe the English use more French words than
Americans do, e.g. gateau, corgette, and aubergine (cake, zucchini, and
eggplant).

Andrea

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Andrea Vine, avine at eng.sun.com, Sun-Netscape Alliance i18n architect
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