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[โ€“] Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Here in Switzerland we have four languages and we simply say words like they sound in the language they are from, even if most of us only speak one of the languages natively and one as a second language from school. There is no reason to make up separate pronunciations. Buillon is buillon and tiramisu is tiramisu even if I'm speaking Swiss German.

[โ€“] merc@sh.itjust.works -4 points 2 days ago

Switzerland is a tiny country, so it's no surprise that certain words are standardized.