Re: Fujisawa Kazunari question
Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2015 7:03 am
Don't tell them how we pronounce Toyota and Subaru. Not to mention Godzilla.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!
And don't tell the French how we used to pronounce Renault.