[whatisyour]

A big reason for English being what it is in terms of pronunciation is exactly because of non-Anglophonic influence on English.

The number of non-native speakers of English is twice the number of native speakers. At that point, there's no such thing as "an original pronunciation".

[readthenotes1]

I doubt (heh) this, unless you're referring to old and middle English.

Johnson did the best he could but a word was pronounced radically different in different areas of England. There are still jokes about not being able to understand anyone from the rural areas.

Still, he and Webster have a lot to answer for!