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A habit that I have is replacing certain words with how I'd say them in
English. For instance I'd write something like this: 私はイングランド人。
私はイーストアングリアに住んでいます, but say something like this: 私はEngland人。 私はEast
Angliaに住んでいます。

Is this a necessarily bad habit I should break from, or does it not matter
that much?
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usage nuances readings
Can I use English in place of katakana?
I think it matters a lot and that it's best to break from the habit if you
intend to speak Japanese long-term. I think for place names it's somewhat
understandable because the Kana is obviously there mimicking the native place
name, sort of like how a French person _(no offense)_ might say they are from
" **Paris** ".

However, many people will not understand an English-derived Kana word in
native pronunciation and there are many Japanese words that could nominally be
considered English that get chopped up and placed in other words, like...

  * エアコン ("air-con" for air-conditioner) 
  * リモコン ("remo-con" for remote control) 

... or words that just sound too different due to Japanese phonology, like

  * ラジオ (radio) 
  * ツナ (tuna)

...or even words that we may have an anglicized pronunciation for, but the
Japanese went a different way, like

  * キシリトール (xylitol) 
  * ワクチン (vaccine)

In short, if you pronounce "English" Kana words natively many people will
understand you much of the time, but many people will not understand you much
of the time.

Just imagine that a native speaker of French or Greek spoke English fluently,
but decided it was OK to pronounce all of the French or Greek-derived words in
English as he would in his native area. If you're OK with being that guy then
I guess it's cool, but if not...
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