Re: New pronunciation of Bangalore

Oliver Cromm wrote:

For English-speaking people, it
would go a long way if they sometimes tried to better imitate the basic
vowels that are common in many languages the world.

Have you looked at pronunciations given in travel books? I wouldn't want them to spell my toponyms the way they'd have to so that they could read them aloud similar to the original.
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