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re: When did Iran become Eron?
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:44 am to Ag Zwin
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:44 am to Ag Zwin
quote:
Are people seriously this unaware that the US often butchers these things?
Who doesn't? It's language, it's going to vary by geography. I'm convinced the Brits say pronounce "valet" as "vallit" because they just don't want to say French words correctly.
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Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:56 am to psk_Vol
quote:
Qatar used to be cutter
It still is.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 8:58 am to Hangover Haven
Probably when Pakistan became "Pockystahn."
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:00 am to Big Jim Slade
quote:
Many of the same people who make a point to say Keev and BarTHElona.
And Pokkiston
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:01 am to loogaroo
quote:
Is this like Jug Ears pronouncing ISIS with a hard L at the end?
No,
Islamic State of Iraq and Syria
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
Daesh
Same group, multiple names
This post was edited on 6/24/25 at 9:02 am
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:02 am to HeadCall
quote:
They like to randomly change the pronunciation of commonly used terms to feel educated or some shite. Like Kiev to Kyiv or whatever. They’re a bunch of fricking nerds.
Iran was always properly pronounced Eron. I had never heard anyone pronounce Kiev as Keeve until a couple of years ago. Then the corporate media just decided to change it overnight.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:06 am to Hangover Haven
Eye-ran has always been incorrect..
Just like Eye-rack.
i-rahn is probably just about right…
Just like Eye-rack.
i-rahn is probably just about right…
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:10 am to VOR
A pile of goat crap by any other name is still crap.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:21 am to Hangover Haven
quote:
When did Iran become Eron?
The same time Qatar became cutter
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:27 am to Hangover Haven
We can't complain here in Louisiana (4 syllables or 5) and especially in New Orleans (3 syllables or 4).
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:32 am to Hangover Haven
reminds me of those dumbasses who speak perfect english until they come to a spanish word and then lay on a thick fake spanish accent. 
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:34 am to Ag Zwin
quote:
Are people seriously this unaware that the US often butchers these things?
Nobody bats an eye when someone says America a little funny but a baw from south Alabama says I Ran and everyone loses their goddamn mind
This post was edited on 6/24/25 at 9:36 am
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:34 am to Hangover Haven
quote:
When did Iran become Eron?
it's always been Eron... but since it looks like how we say I-ran, that's how we here in America have said it... but it's always been, in other places, pronounced E-ron
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:35 am to JackieTreehorn
quote:
reminds me of those dumbasses who speak perfect english until they come to a spanish word and then lay on a thick fake spanish accent.
Funny how it’s never done with any other accent…
Like when you meet someone with the name Enzo, you never hear them say it with and Italian accent..
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:36 am to themunch
Whatever they do, I do the opposite.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:37 am to Hangover Haven
When Obama took office. Iran became Eron, Iraq became erock. Pakistan became Pockeeston, etc.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:37 am to Hangover Haven
They done messed up, I-I-Ran!
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:39 am to MRTigerFan
Don't forget about Corpsman became Corpse-man.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:40 am to Hangover Haven
Media gets read in on how to brainwash the public in very subtle ways. Language manipulation is a tool of the CIA. Propaganda and Influence campaigns are just one of the many psy-op tools that have been used for years against foreign and domestic regimes.
Posted on 6/24/25 at 9:42 am to Hangover Haven
quote:Good point.
When did Iran become Eron?
After this chapter, perhaps it should be "I ran."
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