hi @rfentres,
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Not to be too Anglocentric, but as a native English speaker, I find the name for this wonderful product to be almost unpronounceable. I often find myself trying to tell people about it, but stumble when trying to even remember what it is called. [/quote]
For English speakers, Asqatasun should be pronounced like “askata-soon”
but you can pronounce it the way you like most 
I don’t think so
One of the reasons is available here