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Question: how do you pronounce Qatar?
#1
KUH-tah
 
#2
kuh-TAR
 
#3
KAH-ter (Kotter)
 
#4
Gutter
 
#5
Cutter
 
#6
some 6th thing
 
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Figueira
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« on: June 13, 2019, 04:25:16 AM »

We are not obligated to pronounce foreign names with non-English pronunciations. I've never understood why some smartasses feel differently about Qatar (and in America, Chile too) than they do about Pakistan, Mexico, or whatever other country.

What defines a pronunciation as "non-English"?
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« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2019, 04:29:43 AM »

If you picked anything but option 2, I'm going to assume you also say "Moss-kow" instead of "Moss-ko" and "Chee-lay" instead of "Chilly."

That is the normal pronunciation of Moscow is American English (at least for everyone I know) and Chile can go either way but I usually approximate the Spanish pronunciation to avoid confusion with the adjective or the food.

Anyway, Option 2.
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« Reply #2 on: June 15, 2019, 05:48:05 PM »

If you picked anything but option 2, I'm going to assume you also say "Moss-kow" instead of "Moss-ko" and "Chee-lay" instead of "Chilly."

That is the normal pronunciation of Moscow is American English (at least for everyone I know)

It's the normal mispronunciation.

Are you advocating that everyone call it "Moskva" in English?
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