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Pronunciation Of Iraq

Sometimes small things just bug the shit of out me. One of those things that drives me mad is the pronunciation of Iraq by my fellow Americans. If we’re going to invade a country the least we can do is pronounce it properly.
Wrong pronunciation: “I rack”

Wrong pronunciation: “I rock”

Correct pronunciation: “E rock” (rhymes with “we rock”)

Bonus points: “E r-r-r-ock” (roll the ‘r’ and you score higher)

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Comments to “Pronunciation Of Iraq”

Judy Hunter Says:
February 1st, 2008 at 5:17 pm

I SO totally agree. I have corrected people a number of times, and they just look at me like I have a hole in my head.

At least you would think that our newspeople could get it right, but no. They repeatedly mispronounce it.

And of course the Pres. can hardly pronounce anything in English, let alone a correct pronunciation of a foreign country.

nihal Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:13 pm

I totally agree with you as well! I get really mad when people say ‘Eye-Rack’, when its supposed to be ‘E-Raac’. For E Rock, I actually say E-Rawck, but Americans tend to pronounce the ‘O’ as an aah, so American would say E Rock the correct way of saying Iraq.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=E%20Rock

DJ E Rock’s friends says it just like DJ Iraq!:

http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=12337926&MyToken=f1240060-5b10-437c-b18d-3213626f41f3

nihal Says:
September 14th, 2008 at 2:17 pm

One more thing I need to add, I get really mad when I watch the misleading video, the iRack video created by Apple and Steve Jobbs. I guess Steve Jobbs needs to learn how to pronounce as well!