> Israel should be pronounced with an "s" sound, not a "z" sound (well, and you use a different "r" sound). Should it, really? The concept of Israel dates back

> Israel should be pronounced with an "s" sound, not a "z" sound (well, and you use a different "r" sound). Should it, really? The concept of Israel dates back millennia; which was the original prononciation? Should we all say it as it was in Aramaic back in the day? The h/g cases you mention are a good example: many languages just don’t have these soundsIn cases like bilingual countries, which of the prononciation is supposed to be canonical (bearing in mind that the linguistic borders shift significantly all the time)? Arguing about the prononciation of proper nouns always seems foolish to me. There is no solution to these questions.