The best examples that come to mind are when ordering food. As examples:

• You speak English and Spanish and are ordering a burrito
• You speak Thai and English and are ordering Tom Yum

I imagine it could depend on numerous things:
• You primary language or ethnicity
• What sort of restaurant
• Who you’re dining with
• Who you’re ordering from
• and probably a lot more…

  • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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    17 days ago

    You pronounce the word correctly for whatever language the word is from. That’s the objectively correct way. Is this a serious question?

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      17 days ago

      It’s not objectively correct.

      If you do this between English and Japanese, Japanese people will not understand the way you pronounced the English word.

      If you ask a Japanese person if they own a “computer” they will not understand. You have to call it a “con-puuu-ta” or even “pa-so-con” which is personal computer.

      McDonald’s… Nope. “ma ku do nal do” or even just “makku” depending on the region.

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        17 days ago

        If you ask a Japanese person if they own a “computer” they will not understand. You have to call it a “con-puuu-ta” or even “pa-so-con” which is personal computer.

        In Thai it’s just ‘com’.

        If you’re ready for the bill at a restaurant it’s ’check bin’ which for some reason is ‘check’ and ‘bill’ combined. When I first learned this people were confused why I didn’t already know it, “but it’s English?!”

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      17 days ago

      Definitely serious. Loanwords fall all across the spectrum regarding how much they’re integrated from their source language into the “local” language and most folks don’t know or care about word etymologies enough to even consider it. If you’re not native there’s a good chance you’re mispronouncing loanwords even when you’re trying to use their native pronunciation.

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        17 days ago

        Loanwords are a different story. I would argue those are part of both languages at that point. Burrito is an English word and a Spanish word. As I see it, anyway.