Thanks for this. :-)
Best, Geoffrey
----- Original Message -----
From: "Roger Collett" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: pronunciation query
> Yes that would make sense Arni.
> I spent a lot of time in the Arabian Peninsular in the late
seventies/early
> eighties.
> Some of that was in Doha the Qatari capital, so I know how difficult it is
> for a European tongue to pronounce the Arabic consonants. That is why the
TV
> announcers have so much trouble.
>
> Roger
> (which always got pronounced Raja, it works both ways!!)
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Árni Ibsen" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:35 PM
> Subject: Re: pronunciation query
>
>
> on 4/1/03 8:23 PM, Roger Collett at [log in to unmask] wrote:
>
> > try pronouncing the Q as a kh sound at the back of your palate with the
> back
> > of your tongue raised- Kha-tar Two short syllables.
>
>
> That makes perfect sense, Roger. In my lingo it's spelled Katar.
>
> Best
>
> Árni
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