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Offline Stealth

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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"...
 

Offline jdjtcagle

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Reply #1 on: September 05, 2004, 10:50:15 am
Doesn't matter, just depends on the type of accent you have, me thinks
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Offline Stealth

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Reply #2 on: September 05, 2004, 10:51:06 am
i'm aware of that.  which is why i asked how you pronounce it.
 

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Reply #3 on: September 05, 2004, 10:52:42 am
ee raak.
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Reply #4 on: September 05, 2004, 10:54:03 am
I-RÁCK (with the r sounding as fever, not as rock)
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Offline jdjtcagle

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Reply #5 on: September 05, 2004, 10:55:08 am
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Originally posted by kode
ee raak.


Hehehe... :D

I say I-rack
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Offline Unknown Target

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Reply #6 on: September 05, 2004, 10:56:23 am
I-Rack
 

Offline aldo_14

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Reply #7 on: September 05, 2004, 10:59:23 am
Ir-ack

I've only ever heard merkins pronounce it as 'I-rack', incidentally.
 

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Reply #8 on: September 05, 2004, 11:00:45 am
I-Rack
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Reply #9 on: September 05, 2004, 11:01:38 am
Ir-ack
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Offline Black Wolf

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Reply #10 on: September 05, 2004, 11:02:57 am
I-rarc (Short I - as in pip.
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Reply #11 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.
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Reply #12 on: September 05, 2004, 11:21:29 am
ih-raak
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Offline Petrarch of the VBB

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Reply #13 on: September 05, 2004, 11:33:07 am
Ih-rak
 

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Reply #14 on: September 05, 2004, 11:37:10 am
Ir-ack


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Reply #15 on: September 05, 2004, 11:49:38 am
Well and truly fuct?
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Reply #16 on: September 05, 2004, 11:54:20 am
Ih-rark.
 

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Reply #17 on: September 05, 2004, 12:10:18 pm
i pronounce  it  as I-RACK
 

Offline Liberator

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Reply #18 on: September 05, 2004, 12:11:47 pm
country: eye-rack

person from: ir-rockies(singular ir-rocky)
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Reply #19 on: September 05, 2004, 12:18:07 pm
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