I’ll admit I was rather ignorant growing up and the first time I had a conversation with someone and I pronounced Iran as “I ran” everyone roasted the shit outta me and shut me down, which like fair whatever. But my point is the pronunciation is secondary if you get the concept; that’s kinda the point of language and accents in general. If we have to pronounce every country or place as its residents call it then we should roast and ignore every English speaker that says “Germany” instead of Deutschland.

      • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orgEnglish
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        9 days ago

        The media couldn’t believe it,
        every spectator became a fan.
        No one thought it possible to
        run as fast as this guy can.

        It was the New York marathon,
        the best in the world had competed.
        And then some Persian nobody
        had everyone defeated.

        They asked him “What’s your secret?
        Your nutrition and training plan?”
        He looked at them, smiled and admitted:
        “Ayran.”