Quote Originally Posted by Xei View Post
Because it's literally exactly analogous. Iraqis have a different alphabet but what they call their country sounds a bit like Iraq.
Iraq is an english pronunciation of the word Iraqis call themselves just like how Russia is an english pronunciation of how Russians refer to themselves. We adapted an english spelling based on our english pronunciation. That doesn't make it right. You just like to ridicule people for making human mistakes and I decided to show you how flimsy the proper spelling of Iraq is to begin with.