But Nicko-rag-you-a happens to be the English pronunciation of that name, even if not the US or Spanish one — just as Pă-riss happens to be the English pronunciation of the capital of France, though not the French one [the French for that matter, have their own name for our capital city too]. So it is not incorrect, it is conventionalised — an example of one of those which have been assimilated and anglicised. I speculated above [01.32 pm] as to why this sometimes occurs, sometimes not...