Mister M Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I've noticed that some news readers pronounce Hamas not as it is spelt (as in happy, halogen), or as this pronounciation: but with an emphasis at the beginning, as if it's spelt with a 'kh'. It's difficult to describe, but some Liverpudlians make this noise when a word ends in 'ke' as in bike, mike. Can anyone explain this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I've noticed that some news readers pronounce Hamas not as it is spelt (as in happy, halogen), or as this pronounciation: but with an emphasis at the beginning, as if it's spelt with a 'kh'. It's difficult to describe, but some Liverpudlians make this noise when a word ends in 'ke' as in bike, mike. Can anyone explain this? it's how the israelis pronounce it, and i can only imagine the bbc don't want to upset them again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister M Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 it's how the israelis pronounce it, and i can only imagine the bbc don't want to upset them again Is that so? That's very revealing about the BBC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 Is that so? That's very revealing about the BBC! How do the Palestinians pronounce Hamas? Without knowing that you can't judge whether what The Joker said has any validity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 How do the Palestinians pronounce Hamas? i expect they would pronounce it as it is written in their language حماس hamaas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Talker Posted April 18, 2015 Share Posted April 18, 2015 I've noticed that some news readers pronounce Hamas not as it is spelt (as in happy, halogen), or as this pronounciation: but with an emphasis at the beginning, as if it's spelt with a 'kh'. It's difficult to describe, but some Liverpudlians make this noise when a word ends in 'ke' as in bike, mike. Can anyone explain this? i expect they would pronounce it as it is written in their language حماس hamaas The letter at the beginning of the arabic (the letter that looks like a v on its side, arabic is written from right to left) is the letter haa. If it had a dot above it would be khaa as in loch, the kh sound. So "hamaas" is about right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perplexed Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 My particular favourite was in the early stages of the Afghanistan conflict. Many presenters were pronouncing it 'Aaahfghaaaaaahnistaaaahn', it sounded so affected. Even the guilty got bored with it, it sounded so unnatural. It's now just Afghaaanistan now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timeh Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 I miss President ZA! Ko! ZeeeE! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Joker Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 We have a similar situation with Our Nige' As you all know, Our Nige' came from humble beginnings as the son of millionaire stock broker and rose through private school to become a millionaire commodities trader. As recognition of his humble origins, some political journalists pronounce his surname as Farrij (as in marriage / carriage) And as you are also aware, Our Nige' also came from privileged beginnings as the son of millionaire stock broker and rose through private school to become a millionaire commodities trader. As recognition of his privileged origins, other political journalists pronounce him surname as Faraaj (as in massage) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
horribleblob Posted April 19, 2015 Share Posted April 19, 2015 We have a similar situation with Our Nige'... We do. My favourite has to be the announcer who, in the early days of UKIP, pronounced his surname as one would the first six letters of "farrago". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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