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| Subject: | FW: GISList: Qatar? |
| Date: |
04/30/2003 01:10:01 AM |
| From: |
Sigal Calderon |
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Now hear from the locals:
Arabic language has some dialects.
The most relevant are the "formal" that is common in the media - they
pronounce "Qatar" as guttural K
The other relevant dialect is used by the Bedouins that still make a
considerable part, and are genuine ancestors of the Arab population in
that region -=20
they pronounce K as G but still guttural.
In any case the last syllable MUST be "a" as "AH" and not "eh".
so "cutter" or "gutter" are wrog, funny as it may sound.
-Sigal
-----Original Message-----
From: gary_hubbs ??? [mailto:gary_hubbs@thsrc.com.tw]
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:31 AM
To: Glenn Letham (GeoCommunity): gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: RE: GISList: Qatar?
Ever since somebody at CNN who's probably never been to the Middle East
started pronouncing it that way !
However, I've never heard any Arab say it that way.
The correct pronunciation should use a guttural "G" with emphasis on the
first syllable, something like "GA-tar"
Words transliterated into English with a "Q" can be pronounced as a "G"
or "K" or somewhere in between.
- Gary Hubbs=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Glenn Letham (GeoCommunity) [mailto:editor@geocomm.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 19:50
To: gislist@geocomm.com
Subject: GISList: Qatar?
Can someone tell me, at what point did the Middle-East country of Qatar
become know in the Americas as "cutter"???
I notice recently all the media refer to it as "cutter" as opposed to
"katar" as it was previously referred to. Can anyone shed some light on
what
the proper pronunciation is.
Cheers
Glenn
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