> PNG is pronounced “ping”
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> PNG is pronounced “ping”
See the end of Section 1 [0]
And if they pick something dumb enough other people get to ignore them.
But also, no, not universally even for babies, especially when the name is something ridiculous like X Æ A-Xii where even parents disagree on pronunciation, or when the person himself uses a "non-specced" variant
On inanimate objects: Aluminium was first ratified by the IUPAC as aluminium⁰, with the agreement of its discoverer Sir Humphrey Davy¹, yet one huge nation calls it something else…
On people: nicknames are a thing, are you saying those are universally wrong? But yes, when a person tells me that they'd prefer their name pronounced a different way, or that they'd prefer a different name entirely, or that they don't like the nickname other use for them, you can bet your arse that I'll make the effort to use their preferred name+pronunciation in future.
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[0] Though it should be noted that aluminum was, a few years after, officially accepted as an alternate form.
[1] He initially called it aluminum in the first paper.