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Old 10-18-2023, 03:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Villavic View Post
I agree. However as a non native-english speaking guy, I must say I never completely understood the english pronunciation logic.

For example, why blood and good is pronounced different. Or door and poor. Or great and beat. Or steak and speak. And to this day I'm not so sure how the name Hilfiger is pronounced.
door and poor are actually pronounced the same. they rhyme. all the others, you're right, though! my Mexican boyfriend still has pronunciation issues and he's been here over 20 years.

i think it sounds like hill-fig-rr..?

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