The "Farve" Syndrome

As an established curmudgeon, I have to come up with new pet peeves all the time. My latest is something I call The “Farve” Syndrome.
Many Americans have NO knowledge of any language other than English. (Many of us don’t even know English – but that’s another peeve.) There’s a tendency to see other languages as weird, irrelevant, and not worth knowing. Even the European languages which were spoken by our forefathers – well, mine anyway – are included in this scorn.
There is, or was, a football player named Brett Favre. “Favre” (pronounced FAH-vruh) is a French name originally describing a person who grows beans. FAH-vruh is NOT all that hard to say. Try it! Try it again!
But a lot of people, including sports announcers, pronounce it “Farve.” Like Harve.
Let’s carry this a bit farther, why don’t we? Let’s start calling the Louvre the Louver.
Oh, you were calling it that already, were you?

Let’s just say that it isn’t making you look smart to do that.