I'm sure 'Tooki' will, (ok, may), comment... (I liked my discussions with him in the past!)...
To ME, in English, we tend to pronounce words, in the way the
originating country pronounces them.
For instance, a German woman friend complained to me why the word 'Esplanade' was not sounded like 'Esplanaid', because
we have the word 'Lemonade' (sounded 'Lemonaid'). I explained to her that 'Esplanade' is a 'French' word, so we sound it
like 'Esplanaard' out of respect for the French word. And there are numerous other examples!!
