You do know where the thecrete pronunthation comes from, don’t you?
One of the Spanish kings had a thpeech impediment. The arithtocrathy thtarted imitating him as a way of thucking up, and it gradually worked its way down into thociety.
Very thtrange.
I say be like the British, they obstinately refuse to pronounce a foreign loan word in any manner other than the obvious way to do so in English. Claret and valet are CLAR-ett and VAL-ett.
John Kerry taught me the correct pronunciation of Jenjis Kahn.