Another Type of Ambiguity

[BarrieEngland]

On the sport slot on "Today" this morning: Liverpool play Toulouse. Momentarily, I suspected either defeatism or corruption.

[SilverTiger]

I had to read that several times to get it

Including foreign names and words in speech (less in writing) is often problematic, especially when the sound system of the foreign language differs from English. For example, should we say "The nearest equivalent of a county in France is the département" or should we Anglicize the word as "department"?

I remember feeling a little embarrassed when, as a schoolboy, I explained to someone that we were going to Charleroi in Belgium, and carefully articulated the back 'r' and the final "wa". He airily replied "Oh yes, Charlie Roy?".

In some circumstances it feels pedantic or even affected to pronounce foreign words too correctly.