You make it sound like word pronunciations are logical, follow rules, behave similarly to other words that are close in origin or in writing. That’s not how it

You make it sound like word pronunciations are logical, follow rules, behave similarly to other words that are close in origin or in writing. That’s not how it works. That’s like trying to convince someone who names his son “Richard” how the last letters are supposed to be pronounced. There’s no amount of debate you could have that actually makes any progress one way or another.