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Topic	should Netflix Avatar pronounce Aang's name like the cartoons or the Asian way
FortuneCookie 08/21/21 4:08:28 PM #17:	s0nicfan posted... Wouldn't "more authentic" in this case be how the show pronounced it, given that the show IS the source material? If it's a name that actually exists, then no. If it just incidentally happens to be spelled the same way, that's one thing. If they were going for a name native to a specific ethnic group and they pronounced it incorrectly, then they need to do the right thing. <cite>FortuneCookie posted [p:957303915] in should Net... [t:79624941]...</cite> <quote>s0nicfan posted... </cite> <quote>Wouldn't "more authentic" in this case be how the show pronounced it, given that the show IS the source material?</quote> If it's a name that actually exists, then no. If it just incidentally happens to be spelled the same way, that's one thing. If they were going for a name native to a specific ethnic group and they pronounced it incorrectly, then they need to do the right thing. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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