I am going to put semantics and personal beliefs aside on this, because Jehovah the name, will mean different things to each of us, esp if we have left.
There is one underlying foundational principle behind all that JW's have become since Rutherford assumed power in 1917. It is, to be different.
JW's have very questionable scholarship for the name, they have what are called the "J" references in the back of the big study NWT. These come from 15th century Jewish scholars who felt that the name was taken out. It was purely their speculative opinion, there are no other scholars around who believe them, but it is at the same time the only scholarly reference for the NWT.
At Gilead, we were told that there was from the GB point of view, other likely places where Jehovah should be inserted, but without a "J" reference, then they wouldn't do it.
Fine.
At least acknowledge that this is your belief, that no one else has it that way, and that must mean that because you are that different and out there, then that MUST mean you have the truth.
Because that is exactly what JW's do. Other then 1914, the big calling card is that they worship the god/father that Jesus did. Except amazingly, Jesus didn't teach us his name, only to pray for it to be sanctified.
"Apostates" rightly point out that Jehovah is a horrible mis spelling of the tetragrammaton, and that the inclusion of it in the NT part of the NWT is intellectually dishonest in both its translation and its dogmatic applications.
The article from April 09 WT is cycled through in different wording. It is interesting how the GB gets very self righteous about their self named god. They wouldn't give a rats ass if Jehovah did exist and came down and told them how to pronounce his name, they would stick with this ass headed version of it for traditions sake.
...OUTLAW