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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: How do you pronounce #128494 05/12/2004 2:48 AM Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California jheem veteran jheem veteran Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,475 California /abu grEb/ with a as in father, b as in byte, u as in tutor, g as in geld, r as in preen, E as in get, and b as in byte once more. But then I don't speak Arabic. The gh in Arabic is a voiced velar fricative. English doesn't have this sound, but it's similar to the ch in the German pronunciation of Bach, but with your glottis vibrating. If you wish to hear an Arab say the name, listen here: http://slate.msn.com/id/2100290/ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted How do you pronounce AnnaStrophic 05/11/2004 2:33 PM Re: How do you pronounce musick 05/11/2004 4:54 PM Re: How do you pronounce AnnaStrophic 05/11/2004 7:02 PM Re: How do you pronounce Buffalo Shrdlu 05/12/2004 12:28 AM Re: How do you pronounce musick 05/12/2004 12:38 AM Re: How do you pronounce Buffalo Shrdlu 05/12/2004 12:51 AM Re: How do you pronounce Jackie 05/12/2004 1:37 PM Re: How do you pronounce jheem 05/12/2004 2:03 PM Re: How do you pronounce musick 05/12/2004 6:01 PM Re: How do you pronounce jheem 05/12/2004 6:56 PM Re: How do you pronounce Faldage 05/13/2004 10:37 AM Re: How do you pronounce Jenet 05/13/2004 11:09 AM Re: How do you pronounce AnnaStrophic 05/13/2004 12:01 PM Re: How do you pronounce jheem 05/13/2004 1:24 PM Re: How do you pronounce jheem 05/13/2004 1:21 PM Re: How do you pronounce jheem 05/13/2004 1:15 PM Re: How do you pronounce Buffalo Shrdlu 05/12/2004 2:06 PM Re: How do you pronounce jheem 05/12/2004 2:48 AM Re: How do you pronounce AnnaStrophic 05/13/2004 11:59 AM Re: How do you pronounce TEd Remington 05/14/2004 12:52 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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