is there a universal way of saying Asperger's syndrome?

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Is there a universal way of saying Asperger's syndrome?

In many countries people prefer to say Asp-erg-ers as in with a hard G and in other places around the world there are people that prefer to pronounce it with a soft G like emerge or avenger,
you could argue that it originated from Austria and most people would pronounce it in their language with a hard G but does that really make it the "right" way, I prefer to say it with a soft G because it sounds
less insulting especially when explaining it to someone who has never heard of it before. I don't care which way people say it but this guy on youtube keeps saying that i'm wrong to believe that there is no universal way of saying it I think that it varies depending on the country or region you live in. Most people in north America would say it with a hard G but in many places in the EU or Australia they would pronounce it with a soft G, it doesn't really matter hugely i'm just curious.
I would like to hear all your comments on this but please don't post any arrogant or one sided comments
Thankyou

Asperger is a name. A person's name (Dr. Hans Asperger). Names can be pronounced in various ways in different languages. Asperger's name is no different.

Jesus is pronounced Jeez-uss in english, Hay-suss in spanish, and something like "Yeh-shu-a" (Joshua is practically the same name) in other languages (forget which). No matter how it's pronounced the name referred to is the same.

No, there is no "universal" way to pronounce any name.

If there were, there wouldn't be so many renditions of so many names. Ever look up all the versions of "John?" Did you know "Ian" means exactly the same thing?

Yeah, it usually just depends on the country of origin of the person saying it. My GP, who is German, says as-per-jers. My therapist, who has no discernible foreign accent, and who I assume is native to Canada, says it as-per-gers.

Make sure you pronounce the "P" clearly. Believe it or not I have had more than one person ask me if I just said "ass-Burgers".

Hence why I use the term "high-functioning autism" instead sometimes (the Asperger's = high functioning autism thing is a whole other discussion that probably has at least a dozen other threads devoted to it).

I like "Aspies".

How did Dr. Hans Asperger pronounce his name?
However he did it-thats the correct pronunciaion for the condition that bares his name.