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Maybe this makes me ignorant, but when someone corrects my American pronunciation of something with a, for lack of better words“foreign” pronunciation. I think it’s kinda dumb. Before you down vote me, let me explain in the comments.
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Anonymous 9w

Mot-zer-ella. “No no it’s mhahtzahrrrelllliaaaa”😐

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Anonymous 9w

My example of this is “habanero”. I say “Hah-Ben-air-oh”. Context: I work at a place where there is habanero on the menu, so I get many people correcting me my pronunciation. mind you, anyone who corrects me has the adjacent accent. But I’m not going around fixing anyone with a non-American accent pronunciation on American words. I just think it’s weird how people will hate on me in as American for not pronouncing words “properly.” When it’s literally just accent.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

Bunch of typos but call get the point

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 9w

LITERALLY “Nono it pahramezianio” im saying Parmesan

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 9w

One of my old coworkers used to order Mexican with the most overdone fake accent to “pronounce words correctly” to the point where I actually thought he was being racist the first time he did it. “Uh yeah can I get uh… one BOOORRRRITTTTOOO and um one chicken TAAKKKO.” I started ordering mine fully actual in Spanish and he stopped

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