[threeonemiles@outlook.com]

Originally Posted by golfing eagles

How to pronounce "Qatar"????

Who cares?

Agree. Why is it important?

[Two Bills]

Good job none of the games are in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch in Wales!

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by Two Bills

Good job none of the games are in Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysilio gogogoch in Wales!

I thought they were hosting in 2024

[RedFoxRick]

I have travelled to Doha many times on business and this is a common question. My colleagues from Qatar advised me to watch the Qatar Airlines commercial and listen to how they pronounce it. That has worked for me over the years - and by the way - Qatar Airways really is one of the Top Two Airlines in my opinion (Other is Singapore).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H0efpS7a-c

[RedFoxRick]

Because there is a big world out there beyond Buena Vista and Morse......

[MandoMan]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

How to pronounce Qatar | CNN Travel

I am never going to be able to do this properly! I could never even role by Spanish "Rs".

I did have an Iraqi friend while in the Graduate Librarianship program at the U of Denver in 1983-1984. He was from the U of Mosul in Iraq. He worked at their library for decades.

I do recall he tried to teach me some Arabic phrases but I never quite got them right.

A few years ago I was walking through an airport and saw the Qatar Airlines counter. Several stewardesses and pilots were standing there chatting. I walked up to them and asked how to pronounce the name. They said Cutter. I’m not sure they were correct—I didn’t know for sure that they were Qatari—but that’s how they said it.

[Joe Mack]

This is correct. I spent time there, and thats how the locals pronounce it. Kuh-TAR
"Cutter" is just a western bastardization popularized by news readers.

[nhtexasrn]

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

How to pronounce Qatar | CNN Travel

I am never going to be able to do this properly! I could never even role by Spanish "Rs".

I did have an Iraqi friend while in the Graduate Librarianship program at the U of Denver in 1983-1984. He was from the U of Mosul in Iraq. He worked at their library for decades.

I do recall he tried to teach me some Arabic phrases but I never quite got them right.

I worked at an oil exploration company many years ago and have met many middle eastern people, some from Qatar. They pronounced it Kuh-TAR. However, there is a sound on the Kuh similar to clearing something stuck in your throat. It's hard to explain. It is not Cutter.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by Joe Mack

This is correct. I spent time there, and thats how the locals pronounce it. Kuh-TAR
"Cutter" is just a western bastardization popularized by news readers.

This is correct.

English speakers also mis-pronounce many Russian/ukranian words.

Kiev/Kyiv is still two syllables "key-ev", not fully separate, but definitley NOT "Keeev".

Kherson is pronounced "herson", NOT "kurson". The first letter is the Cyrillic "X", which is pronounced more-or-less like the Spanish "X" but was unfortuantely transliterated long ago as English letter "Kh"- the K should be silent.

The first a in Nevada is prounounced like the a in apple, NOT ah as many "news" people insist on saying.

etc.

[Driller703]

Originally Posted by fdpaq0580

My niece was stationed there in the Army. She said it sounds like "Cutter".

Cutter.

[Geodyssey]

Originally Posted by Driller703

Cutter.

No. That is wrong.

It's Kuh-tar.

The same people who mis-pronounce Nevada mispronounce Qatar.

[MartyW]

I actually posted this on FB yesterday:

“Hhmmm moment… I’ve noticed over the last decade that politicians and media will change words, particularly country names, pronunciations. Different than I’d learned them In The previous 50 years… one of the first I noticed, and for some reason grated on my ears, was the pronunciation of Qatar. I learned and internalized it as “kuh-tar”. During President BHO’s administration, it started being pronounced “Cutter”…. I wanted to scream , “that’s not right!”… but, maybe I was wrong… I’m just a poor boy with a Boston public school education… conflict and doubt. Then today, a commercial came on made for the country of Qatar, advertising tourism and soccer. And this commercial, paid for by the country in question, put my mind to rest on this one…. Kuh-tar! (Now on to Kiev (Kee-ev)!“

[golfing eagles]

Originally Posted by MartyW

I actually posted this on FB yesterday:

“Hhmmm moment… I’ve noticed over the last decade that politicians and media will change words, particularly country names, pronunciations. Different than I’d learned them In The previous 50 years… one of the first I noticed, and for some reason grated on my ears, was the pronunciation of Qatar. I learned and internalized it as “kuh-tar”. During President BHO’s administration, it started being pronounced “Cutter”…. I wanted to scream , “that’s not right!”… but, maybe I was wrong… I’m just a poor boy with a Boston public school education… conflict and doubt. Then today, a commercial came on made for the country of Qatar, advertising tourism and soccer. And this commercial, paid for by the country in question, put my mind to rest on this one…. Kuh-tar! (Now on to Kiev (Kee-ev)!“

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[CFrance]

Originally Posted by RedFoxRick

Because there is a big world out there beyond Buena Vista and Morse......

Thank you. Well said.

[Taltarzac725]

Seems the soccer game on right now with the US taking on Wales is mostly about defense. 0-0 right now.