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'''Pronunciation of Foreign Words in English'''

*English sometimes uses or 'borrows' a word or phrase from another language when this word or phrase expresses concisely an idea which can only be expressed in English in a more roundabout way. Many of these [[loan word]]s and phrases are now an established part of English vocabulary and appear in English dictionaries.

*Examples are: the German word '''Schadenfreude''', which means the pleasure someone feels at the misfortunes of someone else; the French expression '''sang froid''', which means the capacity to stay calm and not to become alarmed or agitated in difficult, dangerous, or stressful situations; and the Spanish word '''junta''', which refers to a military government that has seized power by the use of force.

*These words or expressions are usually pronounced in English roughly as they would be in the language from which they have been taken. So '''Schadenfreude''' is pronounced 'shahd'nfroyder', and '''sang froid''' is pronounced 'songfrwa'. However, there are some exceptions: in the Spanish word '''junta''' the 'j' is pronounced like the 'j' in 'jam', at least by English speakers in the United Kingdom - in the United States the 'j' is pronounced as an 'h', as it would be in Spanish.

*English also contains many words and expressions borrowed from [[Latin]]. Further, because of the influence of the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome on modern European civilisation, it is not uncommon, particularly in the fields of literature, philosophy and history, to come across Greek and Roman proper names, i.e., the names of individual Greeks and Romans. For further details see [[Latin Words and Phrases in English]], [[Pronunciation of Classical Latin]], [[Pronunciation of 'Lawyers' Latin']], [[Pronunciation of Ecclesiastical or Church Latin]], and [[Pronunciation of Greek Proper Names]].

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 Examples are: the German word '''Schadenfreude''', which means the pleasure someone feels at the misfortunes of someone else; the French expression '''sang froid''', which means the capacity to stay calm and not to become alarmed or agitated in difficult, dangerous, or stressful situations; and the Spanish word '''junta''', which refers to a military government that has seized power by the use of force.
-These words or expressions are usually pronounced in English roughly as they would be in the language from which they have been taken. So '''Schadenfreude''' is pronounced 'shahd'nfroyder' ({{IPA|'ʃɑː dən frɔɪ də}}), and '''sang froid''' is pronounced 'songfrwa' (/sæŋ frwa/). However, there are some exceptions: in the Spanish word '''junta''' the 'j' is pronounced like the 'j' in 'jam' (/dʒ/), at least by English speakers in the United Kingdom - in the United States the 'j' is pronounced as an 'h', as it would be in Spanish.
+These words or expressions are usually pronounced in English roughly as they would be in the language from which they have been taken. So '''Schadenfreude''' is pronounced 'shahd'nfroyder' ({{IPA|'ʃɑː dən frɔɪ də}}), and '''sang froid''' is pronounced 'songfrwa' (/sɒŋ frwa/). However, there are some exceptions: in the Spanish word '''junta''' the 'j' is pronounced like the 'j' in 'jam' (/dʒ/), at least by English speakers in the United Kingdom - in the United States the 'j' is pronounced as an 'h', as it would be in Spanish.
 English also contains many words and expressions borrowed from [[Latin]]. Further, because of the influence of the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome on modern European civilisation, it is not uncommon, particularly in the fields of literature, philosophy and history, to come across Greek and Roman proper names, i.e., the names of individual Greeks and Romans.

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-'''Pronunciation of Foreign Words in English'''
+English sometimes uses or 'borrows' a word or phrase from another language when this word or phrase expresses concisely an idea which can only be expressed in English in a more roundabout way. Many of these [[loan word]]s and phrases are now an established part of English vocabulary and appear in English dictionaries.
-*English sometimes uses or 'borrows' a word or phrase from another language when this word or phrase expresses concisely an idea which can only be expressed in English in a more roundabout way. Many of these [[loan word]]s and phrases are now an established part of English vocabulary and appear in English dictionaries.
+Examples are: the German word '''Schadenfreude''', which means the pleasure someone feels at the misfortunes of someone else; the French expression '''sang froid''', which means the capacity to stay calm and not to become alarmed or agitated in difficult, dangerous, or stressful situations; and the Spanish word '''junta''', which refers to a military government that has seized power by the use of force.
-*Examples are: the German word '''Schadenfreude''', which means the pleasure someone feels at the misfortunes of someone else; the French expression '''sang froid''', which means the capacity to stay calm and not to become alarmed or agitated in difficult, dangerous, or stressful situations; and the Spanish word '''junta''', which refers to a military government that has seized power by the use of force.
+These words or expressions are usually pronounced in English roughly as they would be in the language from which they have been taken. So '''Schadenfreude''' is pronounced 'shahd'nfroyder', and '''sang froid''' is pronounced 'songfrwa'. However, there are some exceptions: in the Spanish word '''junta''' the 'j' is pronounced like the 'j' in 'jam', at least by English speakers in the United Kingdom - in the United States the 'j' is pronounced as an 'h', as it would be in Spanish.
-*These words or expressions are usually pronounced in English roughly as they would be in the language from which they have been taken. So '''Schadenfreude''' is pronounced 'shahd'nfroyder', and '''sang froid''' is pronounced 'songfrwa'. However, there are some exceptions: in the Spanish word '''junta''' the 'j' is pronounced like the 'j' in 'jam', at least by English speakers in the United Kingdom - in the United States the 'j' is pronounced as an 'h', as it would be in Spanish.
+English also contains many words and expressions borrowed from [[Latin]]. Further, because of the influence of the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome on modern European civilisation, it is not uncommon, particularly in the fields of literature, philosophy and history, to come across Greek and Roman proper names, i.e., the names of individual Greeks and Romans.
-*English also contains many words and expressions borrowed from [[Latin]]. Further, because of the influence of the ancient civilisations of Greece and Rome on modern European civilisation, it is not uncommon, particularly in the fields of literature, philosophy and history, to come across Greek and Roman proper names, i.e., the names of individual Greeks and Romans. For further details see [[Latin Words and Phrases in English]], [[Pronunciation of Classical Latin]], [[Pronunciation of 'Lawyers' Latin']], [[Pronunciation of Ecclesiastical or Church Latin]], and [[Pronunciation of Greek Proper Names]].
+For further details see:
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