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>It might also be a Nordic thing. In my experience we go out of our way to allow for English pronunciations of our names.

Do you also (and correctly, I might add) decry the errors of the Anglosphere as Mr. Wirth did[0][1]?

   Niklaus Wirth has lamented that, whereas Europeans pronounce his 
   name correctly (Ni-klows Virt), Americans invariably mangle it into
   (Nick-les Worth).  Which is to say that Europeans call him by name,
   but Americans call him by value.
[0] https://motd.ambians.com/quotes.php/name/freebsd_fortunes_5/...

[1] No, this is nothing new. Then again, perhaps someone will see it for the first time and be one of today's "lucky 10,000"[2]

[2] https://xkcd.com/1053/




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