To anyone living in the middle east...
Dec 4, 2022 11:19:25 #
How is Qatar pronounced???
I'll be traveling through there en-route to Jordan and Egypt for a vacation next summer (going a day early to recover from a 13+ flight and staying one day late so I can spend my birthday in Cairo) and have heard it pronounced, even by media, two different ways. I would think there would be a standard at least among professional journalists. Do you say "CUTT-er, like someone digging in to a piece of chocolate cake or kuh-TAR?
I'll be traveling through there en-route to Jordan and Egypt for a vacation next summer (going a day early to recover from a 13+ flight and staying one day late so I can spend my birthday in Cairo) and have heard it pronounced, even by media, two different ways. I would think there would be a standard at least among professional journalists. Do you say "CUTT-er, like someone digging in to a piece of chocolate cake or kuh-TAR?
Dec 4, 2022 11:26:45 #
Well I live in the Midwest rather than the Mideast and I pronounce it Guitar! (Git-TAR)
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
Dec 4, 2022 11:29:15 #
Dec 4, 2022 11:35:39 #
There’s a long discussion on the various ways in The NY Times several days ago. I’ll see if I can find it and add it to the thread
Dec 4, 2022 11:40:21 #
BassmanBruce wrote:
Well I live in the Midwest rather than the Mideast and I pronounce it Guitar! (Git-TAR)
Hope that helps!
Hope that helps!
That wasn't bad. Funny you should mention it, though, because I "discovered" a new trick my Denon receiver can do (was just playing around with the buttons on the remote). It has a button that goes to internet radio service "In-Tune" which I hadn't heard of, using the wi-fi antenna (also has Bluetooth). I can search for any radio station in the world that streams. Just for kicks I did one in Egypt (going there next year), Austria (always wanted to go there) and Nashville, TN..my brother lives about 80 miles east of there.
Dec 4, 2022 12:58:01 #
planepics wrote:
That wasn't bad. Funny you should mention it, tho... (show quote)
Internet radio is cool - you can instantly go anywhere in the world or US and listen, and there are LOTS of streaming stations. I use an Ap called radio garden which displays a world map. Just click on a location, and it gives you a list of the streaming stations to choose from.
Dec 4, 2022 13:23:09 #
kb6kgx
Loc: Simi Valley, CA
I've heard Qatar pronounced as "KUH-turr" and as "kuh-TAHR". I don't know which is correct, but "kuh-TAHR" sounds better to me.
Dec 4, 2022 13:39:05 #
TriX wrote:
Internet radio is cool - you can instantly go anywhere in the world or US and listen, and there are LOTS of streaming stations. I use an Ap called radio garden which displays a world map. Just click on a location, and it gives you a list of the streaming stations to choose from.
My niece mentioned that...I forgot all about it - but the Denon only goes to In-Tune. I guess it's the same thing.
Dec 5, 2022 03:54:10 #
planepics wrote:
How is Qatar pronounced???
I'll be traveling through there en-route to Jordan and Egypt for a vacation next summer (going a day early to recover from a 13+ flight and staying one day late so I can spend my birthday in Cairo) and have heard it pronounced, even by media, two different ways. I would think there would be a standard at least among professional journalists. Do you say "CUTT-er, like someone digging in to a piece of chocolate cake or kuh-TAR?
I'll be traveling through there en-route to Jordan and Egypt for a vacation next summer (going a day early to recover from a 13+ flight and staying one day late so I can spend my birthday in Cairo) and have heard it pronounced, even by media, two different ways. I would think there would be a standard at least among professional journalists. Do you say "CUTT-er, like someone digging in to a piece of chocolate cake or kuh-TAR?
"Katarr" is what i hear people say here.
CA of cap, and Tar, of tarantula, but a very slightly longer roll of the R sound.
I'm in United Arab Emirates.
Dec 5, 2022 05:51:21 #
Technically, the "Q" is a transliteration of an Arabic letter for which the sound is not exactly duplicated in most languages using Latin letters. The closest an American can come is a "K" sound, which is fairly close.
Most announcers I've heard on TV say "Kah tur" with no break between syllables.
Most announcers I've heard on TV say "Kah tur" with no break between syllables.
Dec 5, 2022 06:24:16 #
whfowle
Loc: Tampa first, now Albuquerque
Wallen got it right. It is a guttural sound coming from the back of the tongue. Not a natural sound for any Westerner.
Dec 5, 2022 07:48:18 #
kb6kgx wrote:
I've heard Qatar pronounced as "KUH-turr" and as "kuh-TAHR". I don't know which is correct, but "kuh-TAHR" sounds better to me.
Me too.
Dec 5, 2022 08:31:20 #
It's KUT-er but the KUT is said with an Arabic gutteral sound that is difficult for non-native speakers or those who have not heard the Arabic/Persian gutterals. It's almost like GUT=er, but not quite. Definitely NOT Kut-TAR.
Dec 5, 2022 09:22:52 #
Sounds like I might have to wait until next May to find out for sure, but at this point I guess I'm more inclined to accept Wallen's version since he's closer to the action, so to speak
Dec 5, 2022 10:26:23 #
Just watch some BBC...Brits have most of the world down pat pronunciation wise.
You Tube...typing BBC+Qatar should do it nicely.
You Tube...typing BBC+Qatar should do it nicely.
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