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o Re: Lauren Boebert pronounced "wanton" like the Chinese dumplingDingbat

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 by: Dingbat - Wed, 8 Mar 2023 02:57 UTC

On Friday, March 3, 2023 at 11:24:12 AM UTC-8, S K wrote:
> outside of core vocabulary, aren't there many native words native speakers of non-phonetic languages don't know how to pronounce?

Lauren has a fairly standard English pronunciation with initial stress. Some speakers distinguish Loren from it by giving Loren final stress. The Chinese don't pronounce wanton like English speakers, so which pronunciation of wanton do you mean? Not that it matters; an oddball pronunciation of Lauren seems uninteresting.

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