Timeline for Should I correct my daughter's pronunciation of ballet terms?
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| Aug 29, 2020 at 19:33 | comment | added | Araucaria - Not here any more. | firstv two paras great. Last para, definitely not so. It undermines the first two! | |
| Aug 27, 2020 at 9:54 | comment | added | Nobody | @Joe I don't see a suggestion to correct the teachers anywhere in this answer. To me it seems like a very good idea to find out the reaction of the teachers to a different pronunciation this way. If they ask why you pronounce it like that you can just say it's because you speak French without accusing them of doing it wrong. There are many loanwords where it's perfectly acceptable to pronounce them wrongly - for example entrepreneur in English, or in Switzerland many people pronounce English "u" in loanwords as a sound that doesn't even exist in English even if they speak decent English. | |
| Aug 27, 2020 at 4:42 | comment | added | Joe | I don't mean due to cultural differences. Any time you correct an instructor (or, really, an adult), it tends to come off as rude, unless you are the instructor - or have a personal relationship with someone. (Except on the internet, I guess, where everybody does it... ;) | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 23:38 | comment | added | Ian MacDonald | Oh, I'm sure there are many cultural differences that would appear rude. I do not know any of them. Please only use my advice at your discretion. | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 18:12 | comment | added | Joe | I wouldn't approach the instructors, at least not in the case above, unless I had a personal relationship with them. You'll just come off as condescending and rude. | |
| Aug 26, 2020 at 17:10 | history | answered | Ian MacDonald | CC BY-SA 4.0 |