If it's a Greek name or original name, count on me to get it right  

English speakers tend to slur voiced Ts into unvoiced Ds. Same with S and Z. I think English is a pretty lazy language in general, that's why it's such a good international language. 

On 2024-10-31 at 7:16 AM, Fluttershutter said:

English speakers tend to slur voiced Ts into unvoiced Ds. Same with S and Z.

Yes.  That is exactly right.  I have a friend who enjoys studying linguistics, and he explained the same thing to me.  But imo, for certain proper nouns, one must make the effort to enunciate it properly, or it just sounds wrong.

14 hours ago, Justin_Case001 said:

Yes.  That is exactly right.  I have a friend who enjoys studying linguistics, and he explained the same thing to me.  But imo, for certain proper nouns, one must make the effort to enunciate it properly, or it just sounds wrong.

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