Just wondering.
Update = just consider I-rock and "Earock" the same thing pls
Update = just consider I-rock and "Earock" the same thing pls
Last edited by Spearhead (2008-02-23 10:22:31)
Poll
How do you pronounce "Iraq"?
| Eye-rack | 43% | 43% - 69 | ||||
| I (as in "it") - rack | 42% | 42% - 68 | ||||
| I-rock | 6% | 6% - 11 | ||||
| Sometimes I say it one way, sometimes another | 7% | 7% - 12 | ||||
| Total: 160 | ||||||
eye-rack
sometimes i hear eeee-rock
sometimes i hear eeee-rock
ere-ark
Iraq. We English don't pronounce it *eye-rack*. Just plain old Iraq *I-rack*.
I (as in "it") - rack
I say it "earOCK".
Good for you, so do I.Stingray24 wrote:
I say it "earOCK".
+1
I guess I-rock and earock are kinda the same thing.
Last edited by Spearhead (2008-02-23 09:20:55)
ear rack
Do you Yanks pronounce America as *Ay-merica?* Why do you pronounce Iraq as Eye-rack?
ee-rock
thats how they pronounce it.
thats how they pronounce it.
Cuz we like to pronounce things the way their spelled.daddyofdeath wrote:
Do you Yanks pronounce America as *Ay-merica?* Why do you pronounce Iraq as Eye-rack?
and ya, some people do say Ay-merica.
What kind of idiot pronounces it that way? Outside of The Fonz, no one should.Spearhead wrote:
Cuz we like to pronounce things the way their spelled.daddyofdeath wrote:
Do you Yanks pronounce America as *Ay-merica?* Why do you pronounce Iraq as Eye-rack?
and ya, some people do say Ay-merica.
Not sure who.. but I definitely remember some people almost pronouncing it like that. Kinda like half way between uh and ay.DesertFox- wrote:
What kind of idiot pronounces it that way? Outside of The Fonz, no one should.Spearhead wrote:
Cuz we like to pronounce things the way their spelled.daddyofdeath wrote:
Do you Yanks pronounce America as *Ay-merica?* Why do you pronounce Iraq as Eye-rack?
and ya, some people do say Ay-merica.
Weird. Just find it weird is all. Don't mean no offence by it.
lol, haven't been around too many rednecks have you? (no offense to rednecks)daddyofdeath wrote:
Weird. Just find it weird is all. Don't mean no offence by it.
southern drawl ftw
NW pronounced uh-merikahdaddyofdeath wrote:
Do you Yanks pronounce America as *Ay-merica?* Why do you pronounce Iraq as Eye-rack?
SE pronounces it eh same way just takes a bit longer.
I fucken hate it when news reporters pronounce it I-rock. There is no fucken o in Iraq.
But Iraqis pronounce their home country as I-rock.The#1Spot wrote:
NW pronounced uh-merikahdaddyofdeath wrote:
Do you Yanks pronounce America as *Ay-merica?* Why do you pronounce Iraq as Eye-rack?
SE pronounces it eh same way just takes a bit longer.
I fucken hate it when news reporters pronounce it I-rock. There is no fucken o in Iraq.
Like do you pronounce China like "Chin-ay"? No.
Last edited by Spearhead (2008-02-23 09:53:00)
English new presenters say eye raaark
So I guess you also pronounce Italy this way - "Eye"taly?Spearhead wrote:
Cuz we like to pronounce things the way their spelled.daddyofdeath wrote:
Do you Yanks pronounce America as *Ay-merica?* Why do you pronounce Iraq as Eye-rack?
and ya, some people do say Ay-merica.
lol
Look, this isn't a "bash the way Americans talk" thread. This is a "how do you pronounce the word 'Iraq'" thread. I think saying it like eye-rack is kinda dumb, personally.
Look, this isn't a "bash the way Americans talk" thread. This is a "how do you pronounce the word 'Iraq'" thread. I think saying it like eye-rack is kinda dumb, personally.
Iraq = E-rahk
E-rakh
unless I'm inpersonating Bush, then eyerackistan
unless I'm inpersonating Bush, then eyerackistan
Eye-rack is so American .
"Eee-rack" is the way I think it is pronounced.
"Eee-rack" is the way I think it is pronounced.
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S.Lythberg wrote:
ee-rock
thats how they pronounce it.