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I am the only one who is disappointed by how most of the other responses present the issue as if only Americans do this? My first name is Giovanna and I guarantee you that if I go to any country that isn't Italy (not just America) people will say it wrong. You either live with it (I was called gee-ah-VOHN-ah for eighteen years) or you change it (Gianna, "John with an -ah," is much easier for people to understand). To expect people with a different language and different phonetic rules to readjust the way they understand language just for you can be unreasonable. If an Emily went to Japan, would anyone agree that she has a right to be disgusted after repeatedly being caller Emery? No. That sound doesn't work that way in Japanese, just like there are some sounds in other languages that don't work correctly in English. To pronounce every single name in the world correctly is an unfair standard.

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Sorry for the rant, but I don't like how people complain about "American pronunciations" as if they're worse than others. It is what it is.