&gt; No, I&#x27;m arguing that correcting people when they&#x27;re not wrong has no place<p>Except you just argued that pronouncing Kyoto and Tokyo with an &quot;ee&quot; sound is okay and I just pointed out the real world consequences of not correcting their pronunciation, namely that native speakers won&#x27;t be able to understand you. You&#x27;ll probably argue English speakers don&#x27;t need to interact with Japanese speakers. I&#x27;d argue if we just corrected the English speakers pronunciation everybody wins.