Some people say 'eye'raq others say 'ee'raq. I just feel that we should come to an agreement before we kill anymore of them as it's probably a little insulting and maybe we are attacking two seperate countries by mistake.
2006-10-11 06:12:08 · 33 answers · asked by SR13 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I thought it was ee raq but on a documentary I am watching they keep saying eye raq.
2006-10-11 06:17:56 · update #1
it's "ee-rock", just like Iran is pronounced "ee-ron", not "I ran".
On a similar, but unrelated note, I rock.
2006-10-11 06:58:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
There was a massive war in the 80's between iraq and iran 1 million soldiers died !! . This makes the current dispute in iraq look like childs play, We are not at war with Iraq we are on a peace mission but the locals are blowing themselves up.
So how you pronounce it is of little importance.
2006-10-14 21:14:39 · answer #2 · answered by j_emmans 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its i'rak. In the phonetic alphabet there is an i without a dot which is pronounced almost like an 'uh'. Only the USA say Eye- rak.
2006-10-12 00:47:48 · answer #3 · answered by cymry3jones 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's ee-raq...definitely...the pronounciation differs from region to region...
2006-10-11 06:26:11 · answer #4 · answered by Shahbaaz Ali K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ee raq
2006-10-12 05:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
there reallly is no correct pronounciation in the english language because it is a country that has a name that comes from a different language. so anywhere that they dont speak Arabic, any prounounciation is acceptable. But, in Arab, the correct pronounciation for Iraq is EAR - A(like in amish) - k
2006-10-11 07:21:50 · answer #6 · answered by knowitall 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I as in idiot raq as in Rack
2006-10-11 06:23:36 · answer #7 · answered by Phlodgeybodge 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Shyte-ole
2006-10-11 06:31:36 · answer #8 · answered by MCP 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe the correct pronunciation is "ee-rack", phonetically.
The americans generally use "eye-rack", as they did with "eye-talian", but americans can't pronounce words properly anyway.
2006-10-11 06:21:34 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
is this an american documentary? if so they say eye-rac the uk mostly tends to say ee-rac but the thing is how do the people living in irac pronounce their country's name? surely we should call it the same
2006-10-11 06:22:23 · answer #10 · answered by angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ee-Rack
2006-10-11 06:17:03 · answer #11 · answered by RM 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋