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I pointed this earlier and was downvoted. As far as I know only Bush called it i-RAHK! As an Iraqi of course I felt it was idiotic of him not to know how to p
by meitham 5y ago
I pointed this earlier and was downvoted. As far as I know only Bush called it i-RAHK! As an Iraqi of course I felt it was idiotic of him not to know how to properly pronounce a name of a country he's leading a war into!
- umanwizard 5y agoThat has always been the normal pronunciation in American English — at least where I’m from. It’s not something Bush invented. I am sure there are also plenty of countries whose names are pronounced differently in Iraqi Arabic than in those countries’ native languages. That doesn’t make it “wrong”.
- anonu 5y agoYou put "Bush" and "idiot" in the same sentence. I suppose that's not really promoting positive dialogue on HN. Hence why you got flagged