I agree with your word-choice examples - I was referring specifically to pronunciation only. My general instinct is to pronounce people's names the same way the

I agree with your word-choice examples - I was referring specifically to pronunciation only. My general instinct is to pronounce people's names the same way they themselves do, as opposed to the way I think it should be pronounced. I try to extend that same principle to countries as well, if the natives unanimously pronounce their country in a certain way when talking in English.