Historical spelling-pronunciation mismatch is a must for any more or less phonetic alphabet. Obviously Greek should be a leader. Internal contradictions in spoken grammar is a different matter.
Hmm... AFAIK system of letter number standards exists for all major alphabets and even for many different languages separately. In Russian such system exists as well, probably brought from the Byzantium along with the very alphabet. But such systems are nowadays almost completely out of use (except Roman one, which is still very limited) and most people are unaware about them. You want to say that Greeks actually widely use alphabetical numbers now? Even in phone numbers?
You think it can be taken as an insult? Most Russians actually proud of the illogicality and complication of their language even if sometimes hypocritically complain of that to the foreigners... So be sure that you pleased all native speakers by your complains.![]()