[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Pronouncing Fallujah?

Posted: 11/20/2004 1:49:10 AM EDT

Is it a hard "J" or a silent one? I know the press pronounces the "J", but they are about as smart as my dog (they pronounce "negotiate" as "negosiate" for example).

.....apologies to my dog, Pudge.....

Posted: 11/20/2004 1:51:34 AM EDT

[#1]

Fa-loo-ja is the way they pronounce it this side of the Pond

ANdy

Posted: 11/20/2004 2:37:05 AM EDT

[#2]

Judging by Jihad it's FalluJah

Posted: 11/20/2004 2:47:50 AM EDT

[#3]

Fa' al-Uhjah

Posted: 11/20/2004 3:07:59 AM EDT

[#4]

Why do you always capitalize the first two letters in your name, ANdy?

Posted: 11/20/2004 3:11:16 AM EDT

[#5]

I think it's pernounced: Shit Hole

Sgtar15

Posted: 11/20/2004 4:12:02 AM EDT

[#6]

it's pronounced, because I do know "towelhead-speak" as you so eloquently put it

Posted: 11/20/2004 5:24:34 AM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
I think it's pernounced: Shit Hole

Sgtar15

Posted: 11/20/2004 5:33:13 AM EDT

[#8]

durka durka!

Posted: 11/20/2004 5:35:31 AM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:
Fa-loo-ja is the way they pronounce it this side of the Pond

ANdy

The people who live in Fallujah like to call it Al-Fallujah, but they pronounce it the same as you limeys seem to

Posted: 11/20/2004 5:55:51 AM EDT

[#10]

Quoted:
I think it's pernounced: Shit Hole

Sgtar15

I was going to say the same thing.

Posted: 11/20/2004 6:04:40 AM EDT

[#11]

Since I get my news/info from the net (no TV), I started by reading the word and came up with my own pronunciation. Then after seeing the News vids, they are pronouncing it WRONG!

I pronounce it - "fall - ooo - uhh"

Posted: 11/20/2004 6:42:57 AM EDT

[#12]

I thought the sign out in front of town said: Clean Fill Needed

Posted: 11/20/2004 10:41:48 AM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Fa-loo-ja is the way they pronounce it this side of the Pond

ANdy

The people who live in Fallujah like to call it Al-Fallujah, but they pronounce it the same as you limeys seem to

They call everything Al __________. It means "The," and is like El/La in Spanish (eg. La Habana) which is sometimes used before the name of cities, etc...Except, they (Arabs) use it even more frequently than spanish speaking folks. The seem to use it before just about any noun.

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