thobek

there is a spicy debate going on from your latest youtube video about why you pronounce Maori that way. People are saying you used the English pronunciation of the word while speaking english so it was correct. Can you explain why you pronounced it this way? I'm from NZ, and this pops up a lot when talking about the correct pronunciation of place names etc.

This has started to make me think you did it correctly on the video. For example if you were talking about Klingon or Russian, you wouldn't suddenly switch between how they would pronounce it or even use their language while speaking in English. e.g. We say Russia, not Rossiya (Россия) while speaking in English. OR would you? I do understand this can be a sensitive topic, it has caused many a heated debate with our news readers on the correct pronunciation of names etc.