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>be young me
>trying to bullshit and impress a girl at a party
>talk about how Camus is a bit overrated
>no real response
>”so uh...”
>”it’s pronounced kah-moo”

>> No.14074572

>>14074555
nice trips :) this thread is now blessed :)) <333 :)) ;) <3333 ;))

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>>14074555
are you a young me?
nowadays idgaf and pronounce that faggots name Kayyye-musss as brashly as i can, usually works a treat too whilst going in for that casual contact.

>> No.14075115

Why are English speakers so hung up on pronunciation of foreign words anyway? A Jap says "terebi" instead of "television" and nobody bats an eye, but I say "Don Quicks-Oat" and everybody makes a song and dance about it.

>> No.14075132

>>14075115
I honestly don’t know anon. There’s nothing wrong with me saying Goth but my sorrows of young werther reading group wanted to kick me out.

>> No.14075141

>>14075115
Because being white means being everywhere, so getting the pronunciation wrong immediately marks you as parochial/local, which is horrifying to a whypippo

>> No.14075150

>>14075141
There’s no need to bring “O-tell-o” into this.

>> No.14075190

This is how I unironically pronounce these. I honestly don't know the right way so I just read it how I see it.
>Camus: KAY muss
>Sartre: sar TUR
>Goethe: Goath
>Nietzsche: NEE chee
>Foucalt: foe CAULT
There's probably others

>> No.14075199

>>14074555
I just keep pronouncing it the same way just to spite grammar nazi's

>> No.14075406

>>14075115
I feel like it may be an American thing. I'm not British so I could be wrong but it seems like they Anglicize everything and don't give a shit. Like Byron pronouncing "Don Juan" with an actual "J" sound

>> No.14075667

>>14075190
>Camus = kah-moo
>Goethe = ger-tuh
>Nietzsche = neech-uh
>Foucault = foo-koh
Sartre = sart-cum guzzling sound

>> No.14075690

>>14075190
>Goath
kek

>> No.14075795

>>14075406
Italians say Don Giovanni too. Pretty much any European language used to adapt foreign names up to the 19th century. Beethoven went by Luigi or Louis for example

>> No.14075801

>>14074555
if people talk about philosophy outside of a classroom or discussion setting i make fun of them. it's not hard to get others that dont know shit in on it either lol

>> No.14075820

>>14075801
I understand why you might want to make fun of someone trying to sound smart in social situations. But at the same time why keep philosophy to purely academic settings? That's one of the reasons why it's so inaccessible.

>> No.14075822

>>14075667
Lmao

>> No.14075846

>>14075667
Kah-mew is closer.

>> No.14075851

>>14075820
public philosophy and its constant application to institutions becomes egregious after a while, and i'd rather not end up like socrates

>> No.14075856

>>14075115
its a pseud cope

>> No.14075864

>>14075115
Had an ex that said "cwo-sahn" isntead of pronouncing it properly.

>> No.14075864,1 [INTERNAL] 

>>14075190
For me, its
Cam(-era) - uh- s
Sartr
Go-eh-th
Neetz
Foh-colt