How do YOU pronounce Latakia?

[petewho]

Until yesterday I had only ever read this word. I read it, and my brain says:

la-TACK-ee-ah

But I was in a pipe shop the other day, two guys were talking, and they called it:

LAT-ah-key

So, how do YOU say it?

[yellowgoat]

here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced (http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/latakia)

[Darrell]

I always pronounce it LIGHT-UH-KIA, not sure if that’s right. :confused:

[BigFrank]

I usually end up say it like LAT-TICA

[RevSmoke]

La-tah-KEY-ah

[replicant_argent]

I always pronounce it LIGHT-UH-KIA, not sure if that’s right. :confused:

How do you get LIGHT out of l-a-t? or do you just have a burning desire to arsonize a Korean car?

:D

[Emjaysmash]

La-tah-KEY-ah

:tpd:

[TheJ]

here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced (http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/latakia)

I thought I had it right. I've only heard someone else pronounce it once and it didn't sound right. She pronounced it "la Tackee ah"

[Curly Cut]

here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced (http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/latakia)

i was gonna link that if someone hadn't already. i wanted to make sure i was saying it right when i heard someone say it pronounced, La-TACKY-uh, which is incorrect.

i also looked up Perique once a long time ago.

[croatan]

Correctly, apparently :)

here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced (http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/entry/latakia)

[TheJ]

i also looked up Perique once a long time ago.

Pah reek?

[WWhermit]

Pah reek?

No, it's PEAR-UH-KEE.

No, not right? Damn.

I was one of those people that pronounce(d) it LA-TAH-KIA. Sounds better to me, but I'll say it the "right" way if it makes y'all happy.

WWhermit.
:pi

[DrDubzz]

I used to say Lah- tAkia

I've been saying it correctly since I started watching Subotaj's youtube videos, and I figured the dude from Israel knew how to pronounce the tobacco grown in that general vicinity

[Tenor CS]

Toe-back-koe