Nuance or ‘new ants’?

[Conchita]

I’d be particularly curious to hear your opinion on the following question:

Does it sound natural to you when people pronounce words of foreign origin as in the languages they came from (when speaking English)? I mean, words that have not been anglicised, phonetically or orthographically, though they have become part of the English language.

Or does it sound as if you wanted to show off? Because that’s how I feel when I don’t say words like entrepreneur, fianc?, blas?, gar?on, nuance, hors d’oeuvre, d?j? vu, voyeur, apr?s-ski, ? la carte, Renault, Mercedes, etc. the English way. As a matter of fact, I feel a bit like the cartoon character Dexter saying ‘omelette de fromage’!

[Yankee]

[Conchita]

Thanks, Amy, for your (as ever) interesting comments.

[Fan of Arabian horses]

Hi!

Conchita, Hi and hope you have had a wonderful holiday. And the same time I?d like to apologize as I opened a new topic on a theme that rather fits to your?s!

Interesting that you mentioned Renault. I, formerly, always was thinking its pronounciation were "Reno", but the public campaign suggested Renault to be spoken "Renou".

Nice that you?re back again

Michael

[Conchita]

Thanks, Michael. And you have absolutely nothing to apologise for.

Regarding the pronunciation of 'Renault', most Spanish people say [re'nol] (!).