> there are sounds and consonants people just cannot make past a certain age That's false. > why go for perfection? It's politeness, nay, more than that: res

> there are sounds and consonants people just cannot make past a certain age That's false. > why go for perfection? It's politeness, nay, more than that: respect. Trying hard to produce a name as accurately as one can shows one's dialogue partner or audience that one is making an effort. A name is a very personal thing. People like it when they notice that they are paid attention to, and will approve of and in their mind raise the social status of the speaker. Positive examples are: • Max Miller of "tasting history" who quite obviously spends some time to learn a word or name correctly from an experienced speaker. • Louis Rossmann who does not prepare, but is apologetic ("pardon me for butchering the pronunciation") or would altogether skip reading a name out loud rather than mangling it. This is okay because the text of the news article is also on the screen. Negative examples are: • Most other people who in general just hope for the best and simply blindly apply the rules from the embedding language (here: English), or if confronted with something out of their experience, just make shit up. • Adam Ragusea whose argument boils down to "I am American, therefore exceptional and I get a free pass to knowingly and willingly mispronounce".