All the New Zealanders I know get offended if you pronounce things the way they do cos it looks like you're taking the piss, one compared it to stuttering at a stutterer. Like some languages don't have certain sounds or cant distinguish between things like R and L, you wouldn't use Engrish when talking to someone with a strong Chinese accent right?
Problem words/names- Vincent Van Gogh Sabotage Saddique Waqas Wath Upon Dearne Rotherham Worcestershire anywhere else in the UK ending with Shire
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All the New Zealanders I know get offended if you pronounce things the way they do cos it looks like you're taking the piss, one compared it to stuttering at a stutterer. Like some languages don't have certain sounds or cant distinguish between things like R and L, you wouldn't use Engrish when talking to someone with a strong Chinese accent right?
Problem words/names-
Vincent Van Gogh
Sabotage
Saddique
Waqas
Wath Upon Dearne
Rotherham
Worcestershire
anywhere else in the UK ending with Shire