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fuzzylittlbunny posted...

It doesn't matter when they were created; what matters is that they're set in stone until an official change comes about.

It totally matters how they are made because how are we going to get new "official changes" otherwise?

English has more leniency because letters can be pronounced differently, but Everest is pronounced "eve-rest". Even though 99% of the world might pronounce it "ever-est", that doesn't change the fact that it was named after George Everest, whose name was pronounced "eve-rest".

Wrong. If 99% of English speakers pronounce a term a specific way then that method of pronouncing that term is a correct way of prounounce that term. The origin of the term is irrelevant.