@noiob we've heard the pronunciation of it as if it were its own word from a number of native english speakers so i don't think it's that connected with whether you're a 1L or 2L or 73L english speaker (are there any 73L english speakers in the world i wonder? that would mean for one thing you know at least 73 languages which is a Lot, and on top of that for some reason you waited until the 73rd to learn english, which is a pretty major language)
-F