Pronunciation of other countries

[davsel]

Wife recently returned from New Orleans and insists on saying Naw-lins.
I grew up outside Houston (Hew-stin), and it has always been New Or-leans.
I blame Popeye's Chicken and Cajun chef's for spreading the nonsense.

Then there's the countries of Chili, and now T̶h̶e̶ Ukraine.