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I don't mind Don kee-ho-tay but Don quicks-oat bugs me.
Ditto Don Jew-on vs. Don Wan.
The explanation I have heard is that those anglicized pronunciations were prevalent when travel was rare.
― ; Powell (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 20:01 (five months ago) link
xps personally I prefer 'in conference with'. mostly because of it being a lot like 'in dub conference'.
I have been guilty of using the i-word in conversation - i have spent two thirds of my life reading wikipedia you see - but i wouldn't use it in prose. bcuz inspired/impacted/other 'i's are better/closer/other 'er's etc
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 10 December 2023 00:43 (five months ago) link
two months pass...