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Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Stealth on September 05, 2004, 10:47:49 am
how do you pronounce "Iraq"?  I heard some people discussing it at college yesterday, and i'm curious how many of you say it one way or the other.

Do you say "I-ROCK" or "I-RACK"...
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: jdjtcagle on September 05, 2004, 10:50:15 am
Doesn't matter, just depends on the type of accent you have, me thinks
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Stealth on September 05, 2004, 10:51:06 am
i'm aware of that.  which is why i asked how you pronounce it.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: kode on September 05, 2004, 10:52:42 am
ee raak.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Ghostavo on September 05, 2004, 10:54:03 am
I-RÁCK (with the r sounding as fever, not as rock)
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: jdjtcagle on September 05, 2004, 10:55:08 am
Quote
Originally posted by kode
ee raak.


Hehehe... :D

I say I-rack
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Unknown Target on September 05, 2004, 10:56:23 am
I-Rack
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: aldo_14 on September 05, 2004, 10:59:23 am
Ir-ack

I've only ever heard merkins pronounce it as 'I-rack', incidentally.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Gloriano on September 05, 2004, 11:00:45 am
I-Rack
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: 01010 on September 05, 2004, 11:01:38 am
Ir-ack
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Black Wolf on September 05, 2004, 11:02:57 am
I-rarc (Short I - as in pip.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: vyper on September 05, 2004, 11:10:11 am
Listen to any BBC News report on Iraq and as long as it's a Brit talking you'll get the idea of how it's supposed to be pronounced.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: an0n on September 05, 2004, 11:21:29 am
ih-raak
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Petrarch of the VBB on September 05, 2004, 11:33:07 am
Ih-rak
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Post by: beatspete on September 05, 2004, 11:37:10 am
Ir-ack


Oorook?
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: vyper on September 05, 2004, 11:49:38 am
Well and truly fuct?
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Blaise Russel on September 05, 2004, 11:54:20 am
Ih-rark.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Saturn2004 on September 05, 2004, 12:10:18 pm
i pronounce  it  as I-RACK
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Liberator on September 05, 2004, 12:11:47 pm
country: eye-rack

person from: ir-rockies(singular ir-rocky)
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Carl on September 05, 2004, 12:18:07 pm
(http://www.davelevora.com/i%20rock.gif)
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Rictor on September 05, 2004, 12:34:57 pm
ee-rack
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Post by: vyper on September 05, 2004, 01:27:45 pm
It's like listening to a room full of Yorkshiremen discuss the war on terror....
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: aldo_14 on September 05, 2004, 04:51:08 pm
oooh aar.

Would you like to see me puppies (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsw/wurzels.html), me darlin'?

Link edited for your wellbeing
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: jdjtcagle on September 05, 2004, 04:56:17 pm
Your puppies just gave me a virus when I clicked that link...
Probably just a coincidence
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: aldo_14 on September 05, 2004, 04:57:00 pm
Quote
Originally posted by jdjtcagle
Your puppies just gave me a virus when I clicked that link...


****

You're not using IE, are you?
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: jdjtcagle on September 05, 2004, 04:57:21 pm
yes

My virus thing caught it...
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: aldo_14 on September 05, 2004, 04:59:38 pm
Quote
Originally posted by jdjtcagle
yes

My virus thing caught it...

Ah, well I never noticed cos Firefox tends to catch these things.
 (i.e. isn't a security hole ridden POS like IE).

Safe puppies (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/gary.hart/lyricsw/wurzels.html)

(presumably)
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: jdjtcagle on September 05, 2004, 05:01:06 pm
Yes much safer :D
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Rictor on September 05, 2004, 05:05:13 pm
pffft, there's no such thing as safe puppies.
Rabid little beast they are.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Taristin on September 05, 2004, 05:59:45 pm
I threw Iraq and Iran. :D

Actually, I've pronounced it I-rock, I-rack, E-rock, E-rack... depends on which accent I am making fun of :p
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: GoulMeister on September 05, 2004, 07:51:58 pm
you americans cant pronounce anything right, or spell it right either,
but all is forgiven as long as you dont destroy proper english speaking countries accents by forcing us to listen to it on tv.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Ford Prefect on September 05, 2004, 08:05:07 pm
It can actually be pronounced either "train wreck" or "**** storm."
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Corsair on September 05, 2004, 11:01:40 pm
In Arabic, it's EYE-ROCK.

edit: did I mention that I speak a bit of Arabic?
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: vyper on September 06, 2004, 06:13:14 am
Do I look arab to you?
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Post by: Tiara on September 06, 2004, 06:17:39 am
I-RULE

Eh... Wrong topic...
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Setekh on September 06, 2004, 06:20:15 am
Quote
Originally posted by Black Wolf
I-rarc (Short I - as in pip.


:nod:
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Post by: vyper on September 06, 2004, 06:23:32 am
Close enough.
Title: Iraq - Pronounciation
Post by: Knight Templar on September 06, 2004, 09:31:22 pm
ear-rock