How do YOU pronounce "Iran"

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Ryan
EEEran....Eeeeeerock.

Between eits and I, we've decided that's how a Persian speaker would say each, but an Iraqi would pronounce the latter "(glottal)Ah-raq"

but they would still end it in 'rock' instead of 'rack'

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: b0mbrman

Originally posted by: Ryan
EEEran....Eeeeeerock.

Between eits and I, we've decided that's how a Persian speaker would say each, but an Iraqi would pronounce the latter "(glottal)Ah-raq"

but they would still end it in 'rock' instead of 'rack'

I didn't think the second syllable was in question

Also, I'd spell it "rawq" so people remember that it ends with a glottal too

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: LeiZaK

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
I don't call Germany deutschland and I don't call Spain Espana. I don't call Mexico 'meh ee ko' and I will call Iran eye-ran like every other red blooded american.

You're right about Germany and Spain. Germany isn't spelled Deutschland. And Spain isn't spelled Espana.

But in English, we spell the name Iran, and it doesn't break any english pronounciation rules if we pronounce it as ee-raan/ee-ron.

English pronunciation rules? What a joke. Phonetics is teh lies!!!

Lay-zak vs Lie-zak
Which one is the correct pronounciation? They both seem correct to me.

Neither, actually it is 'Lee Isaac'

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: S Freud
like I-ran.

same here, no matter how long ive known the proper way is ee-raan. i just sound like im being pompous when i say it (to myself at least) so i dont.

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
ee-ron is the correct way.

eye-ran is the result of an iPod nation.

bzzzt wrong. the i-ran pronunciation has been around way longer than ipods have existed.

 

[theknight571]

Originally posted by: HomeAppraiser
The Flock of Seagulls way.

LOL... exactly what I was thinking.

Is that good or bad? /I]

 

[b0mbrman]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

Originally posted by: jpeyton
ee-ron is the correct way.

eye-ran is the result of an iPod nation.

bzzzt wrong. the i-ran pronunciation has been around way longer than ipods have existed.

I pronounce it ee-pod anyway. Just because I'm better than you

 

[cvrefugee]

English is such an unphonetic language. For example:

tough
through
though

The -ough is pronounced differently for each word. That's why I say Iran can be pronounced various ways and all of them can be correct since there aren't always set rules.

Take "iodine" for example. One would probably pronounce it "eye-oh-dine" and not "ee-oh-dine".

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: cvrefugee
English is such an unphonetic language. For example:

tough
through
though

The -ough is pronounced differently for each word. That's why I say Iran can be pronounced various ways and all of them can be correct since there aren't always set rules.

Take "iodine" for example. One would probably pronounce it "eye-oh-dine" and not "ee-oh-dine".

I'm not disagree that there are multiple 'correct' ways to say Iran:
eye-ran, ee-ran, eye-ron, ee-ron

They all seem to fit our rules of phonetics. But this word differs from most other english words in that we have taken it from another language/people that already have an accepted pronunciation for it.

I'm sure people from different regions of Iran will have slight differences in how they pronounce it. But I am pretty confident that none of them start it off by saying "EYE".

 

[randomint]

S-T-F-U

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: randomint
S-T-F-U

do you have a point to make, or are you just using your proficiency in using a keyboard and mouse?

 

[chris7b]

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra

Originally posted by: jpeyton
ee-ron is the correct way.

eye-ran is the result of an iPod nation.

BS America has been saying it like I-Ran for a long time. Remember the bomb iran parody song of Barbara Anne by the beach boys back in the 80's.


Also this is America, so I will say I-ran.

You sir are an ignorant buffoon.

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: chris7b

Originally posted by: SVT Cobra

Originally posted by: jpeyton
ee-ron is the correct way.

eye-ran is the result of an iPod nation.

BS America has been saying it like I-Ran for a long time. Remember the bomb iran parody song of Barbara Anne by the beach boys back in the 80's.


Also this is America, so I will say I-ran.

You sir are an ignorant buffoon.

You should read the rest of the thread.
I think SVT Cobra has been converted to the ee-ron side

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

No one says EEE.... You have horrible poll options.

Some people say Eye-Ran (or I-Ran). That's obviously lame.

Some peopel pronounce the I like a short I like in "it"

I say it Ih-Ron, and I'm almost certain most people in the US say it that way as evident by how TV says it.

 

[JujuFish]

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
I don't call Germany deutschland and I don't call Spain Espana. I don't call Mexico 'meh ee ko' and I will call Iran eye-ran like every other red blooded american.

You're right about Germany and Spain. Germany isn't spelled Deutschland. And Spain isn't spelled Espana.

But in English, we spell the name Iran, and it doesn't break any english pronounciation rules if we pronounce it as ee-raan/ee-ron.

So, not only do we have our own pronunciation for Germany and Spain, we give them our own names as well. And yet you're less miffed about that than about how people pronounce Iran.

 

[TheChort]

Originally posted by: JujuFish

Originally posted by: TheChort

Originally posted by: LeiZaK
I don't call Germany deutschland and I don't call Spain Espana. I don't call Mexico 'meh ee ko' and I will call Iran eye-ran like every other red blooded american.

You're right about Germany and Spain. Germany isn't spelled Deutschland. And Spain isn't spelled Espana.

But in English, we spell the name Iran, and it doesn't break any english pronounciation rules if we pronounce it as ee-raan/ee-ron.

So, not only do we have our own pronunciation for Germany and Spain, we give them our own names as well. And yet you're less miffed about that than about how people pronounce Iran.

I'm not gonna go around changing what's already set in stone ... I mean, paper.
But pronunciation is something that's more or less open to discussion.

 

[Aves]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
Ih-Ron

 

[mariosoft034]

I keep talking about this with a friend, but still can't believe it. It's hopeless, english just doesn't have any real pronunciation rules. People just talk like most other people does and thats all.

I wonder what you do when you read an unknown name, feed threads like this one i guess (I'm venezuelan...)

 

[Xyclone]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
No one says EEE.... You have horrible poll options.

Some people say Eye-Ran (or I-Ran). That's obviously lame.

Some peopel pronounce the I like a short I like in "it"

I say it Ih-Ron, and I'm almost certain most people in the US say it that way as evident by how TV says it.

Yeah, that's the way I pronounce it, too.