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submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

While Anglos and Westerners usually at least try to pronounce, say, Japanese names right, they don't even bother with Slavic/Eastern European ones, especially the ones with Cyrillic letters in them, which means that they end up writing the names ending with 'ić', as 'ich', and pronounce it with K. For example, if the last name is 'Jovanović', they'll write it 'Jovanovich' and pronounce it 'Jovanovik'.

There are names such as Ivan, Bela or Vera, which get pronounced as Ajvan, Beyla or Veyra instead of properly and of course Stalin being pronounced as Stalin instead of Staljin.

Then DimitrescU, if I have to hear it pronounced without U one more time, I'm going to lose it... They keep saying it without U, which just makes it sound French almost as if it's Dimitresque, how hard is it to pronounce it with U?

Then the last name Ćertić, they write it as Certic or Sertic, which is completely wrong.

And the one I saw most recently, Miloch or Milosh instead of Miloš, it's one of the most common names in Serbia and I see it frequently written like that for some goddamn reason.

So, why is it so hard for Westoids to at least try to pronounce and write Eastern European names correctly while being able do it accurately for Japanese ones which are miles harder?

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

Not everyone fortunately, mostly Ukraine, Baltics and Poland.

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

There are plenty of wannabe westoids in other Eastern European countries too.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

and Poland.

Over 1000 years of trying by now, but just one more coup, one more integration into the Reich, i swear we will fully bask in the light of westerness!

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