Who says that there is such thing as "the native [Bajoran] pronunciation"? All those different pronunciations may be native - in different parts of Bajor. Humans don't even all use the same word for "Earth" and "Human" in various languages, I'd be very surprised if Bajorans not just have the same name for their planet in every one of their languages, but also the same pronunciation.
I prefer the idea that they pronounce it differently because they come or originate from different parts of Bajor. Names are differently pronounced on Earth even within a same language and in a small geographical area, regional differences often include different accents. Here in the city where I live I could easily find people who pronounce its name in a different way than I do (usually indicative of where their parents came from). Why should we assume that other planets would be so incredibly monolithic?You'll find Bajorans saying it both ways because some of them pronounce it correctly, and some of them say it the way they know Federation people expect it to be said. Sort of like Hong Kong: that's not what it's really called in Chinese, but folks from there might call it that just to save on the misunderstandings..
I call them the Bajora (bah JOR ah) as they were first called in TNG's "Ensign Ro."
That's the interpretation I also favor now (Picard would have learned the name from his Cardassian contacts, but Sisko would have more authentic knowledge, plus a couple of years of closer UFP/Bajor interaction to set him straight from the start).Because personally, I believe that "BAY-jor" is closer to the native pronunciation, whereas "ba-JOR" is a Cardassian-accented pronunciation.
I prefer the idea that they pronounce it differently because they come or originate from different parts of Bajor. Names are differently pronounced on Earth even within a same language and in a small geographical area, regional differences often include different accents. Here in the city where I live I could easily find people who pronounce its name in a different way than I do (usually indicative of where their parents came from). Why should we assume that other planets would be so incredibly monolithic?You'll find Bajorans saying it both ways because some of them pronounce it correctly, and some of them say it the way they know Federation people expect it to be said. Sort of like Hong Kong: that's not what it's really called in Chinese, but folks from there might call it that just to save on the misunderstandings..
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