Question:
I am a Chinese from Hong Kong.
The local Chinese here shout "encore" as in "lend" in concerts, which
I find difficult to tolerate.
Is that acceptable to native English speakers?
Answer:
As a native Enlgish speaker, I find it reasonablke when words go native
and are pronounced as they are spelled. I myself pronounce 'encore'
with a short 'o' in the first syllable, a rough approximation of the
French pronunciation -- it is a not-completely settled word in English.
However if the Chinese shout 'Encore' with a short 'e', isn't that a
matter of Chinese pronunciation? Or at least of Chinese English
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