I have over 5000 hours in Dota and couldnt have said this any better!
Thats probably usually just the case in American English. I was born in the UK and pronounce the first part the same way.
But generally you are right. They is no “right” way of pronouncing words. Language is always changing and if enough people pronounce a certain word a certain way for a long enough time, it will eventually be considered the right way.
I’ve obviously missed something here, but why the hatred towards Rowling?
Damn, an actually unpopular opinion