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Old 02-02-2009, 03:10 PM   #1
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Default How do YOU pronounce Latakia?

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?
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Old 02-02-2009, 03:12 PM   #2
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here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced
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Old 02-02-2009, 03:15 PM   #3
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I always pronounce it LIGHT-UH-KIA, not sure if that’s right.
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Old 02-02-2009, 03:24 PM   #4
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I usually end up say it like LAT-TICA
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Old 02-02-2009, 03:27 PM   #5
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La-tah-KEY-ah
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Old 02-02-2009, 03:32 PM   #6
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Default Re: How do YOU pronounce Latakia?

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I always pronounce it LIGHT-UH-KIA, not sure if that’s right.
How do you get LIGHT out of l-a-t? or do you just have a burning desire to arsonize a Korean car?

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Old 02-02-2009, 03:55 PM   #7
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Old 02-02-2009, 04:07 PM   #8
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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"
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Old 02-02-2009, 04:18 PM   #9
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Default Re: How do YOU pronounce Latakia?

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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.
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Old 02-02-2009, 04:26 PM   #10
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Correctly, apparently

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Old 02-02-2009, 04:54 PM   #11
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i also looked up Perique once a long time ago.
Pah reek?
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Old 02-02-2009, 07:01 PM   #12
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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.

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Old 02-02-2009, 07:17 PM   #13
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Default Re: How do YOU pronounce Latakia?

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
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Old 02-02-2009, 08:30 PM   #14
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