what is the correct way to pronounce Budapest?
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After visiting Seville, I sometimes would mention that city and have someone say, "you mean, Suh-vee-yah". I've known English speaking people to talk about what they did in "Paree". All of these seem like rather strange affectations. To me, if you are American or if you speak English, when you are speaking English you pronounce the name of the city in English. So why would you say "Budaphest" just because that's how it's pronounced in the native language?
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You are right, Harzer. I live in Naples, Florida and we get a lot of Italian visitors here. When they are speaking Italian I usually hear them call our town Napoli, which is fine with me. But when they are speaking English, they usually change to "Naples". Same thing for us. If I'm in Paris and speaking in French I'd probably say "Paree", but if I'm speaking in English, why would I pick out that one word and say it "in French"?
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