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Re: Fujisawa Kazunari question

Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:03 am
by Bill Spight
John Fairbairn wrote:Slightly different is Makumahon in Japanese, where the Japanese borrower clearly did not know the right pronunciation of McMahon - but then English speakers argue over the spelling of that anyway!
Don't tell them how we pronounce Toyota and Subaru. Not to mention Godzilla. ;)

And don't tell the French how we used to pronounce Renault. :o