Pls don't try to correct me again. Dubai is Du-Bye and Mexico is Me-Zi-Ko

Oya OP, How do you pronounce Nigeria

I hear our president say Nayi - JE - rah

That should be correct ko?

Dont say : Ni Ge Ria

Say : Ni Hee Ria

That's spanish pronounciation..

Lobatan

Icon4s:


Is Dubai a country?

It's one of the 7 Emirates, which are like kingdoms or countries that make up the UAE. - Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm Al-Quwain, and Fujairah, and Ras Al Khaimah Like The UK or Great Britain

Every country has her own way of calling the names of countries.
Like if a Spanish would call United Arab Emirate(Emiratos Árabes Unidos), England (Inglattera)
German would call Mexico(Mexiko), Austria (Ossterrich), France (Frankreich).

Crocky23:
Who cares? Does it even matter?
Get an Arab to pronounce a Nigerian word and see how it goes. Or try Chinese man with an African word.

Americans pronounce Iran as Eye-ran.
It's waste of time pretending to be native of a place when you know you are not. You'd only end up sounding fooolish.

Italy: i-ta-ly not it-ly

Barca: Bar- sa not Bar- ka

Ajax: A-yax not Ajax

Juventus: yu-ven-tus not ju-ven-tus

Henry: hun-ri not hen-ry

swiz123:
Mexico

Don't say ME-ZI-KO

Say ME-HI-KO

My one cent.

However, mr op is wrong. You don't expect an English man to pronounce like an Arabian.

We should all pronounce words in our own accent.

With that said;
Mexico = mezico
Paris = pehris
Dubai =dyubai or du:bai

Wyclef said "We gonna elope, to Mehico(Mexico).

while call lagos la-goes bah



gerrrrarahia mehhn shittt

See, for 9ja dubai will forever remain dubai. Du- bay ko du- bee nii.

nairavsdollars:
How do i pronounce Kyrgyzstan?

Kiri-gi-stani, lol

Never say Nigeria
Say ... Shi.t hole

Makes no sense biko even cnn and travel airlines dnt pronounce it that way.

while i agree that this thread is educative, it's also misleading people into believing that cities like Dubai, Beijing, Moskow, Paris, Budapest are countries. They are not!

Pls the OP and the mods should change the title to reflect this reality.

Dubye or dubai is d correct one, they is nothing like BAY arabic.

These article most have been copiedmont from an American blog because they are the only once that call Iraq and Iran eye-raq and eye-ran. And it's not cuttar it's culture.

Thanks OP.

before now, I only knew about that of MEHICO.

but that of EYE-RACK and EYE-RAN, I was thinking it's just the american stylish way of pronouncing things?

Icon4s:


Is Dubai a country?

Lol... OP is dumber than his correction. Dubai is just one of the Emirates that made of United Arab Emirate.

amzee:
6. Maldives
Never say: Mall-Dives

Say: Mawl-deevz or mol-deevz.

Maldives is a combination of "Malé Islands", from Malé, the name of the main island plus -diva, -dive, "island".

This island is fine my people

OlujobaSamuel:
there is this africa city, the spelling and pronunciation no even rhyme at al, i will try check, it starts with Ouh or so

Ouagadougou?

Waga-dugu.

Don't worry...I like pronouncing these places wrong... Besides, that's how they pronounce them on al Jazeera.

Gggg102:


Ouagadougou?

Waga-dugu.

yes, you are right.I still try to figure why the spelling is that way compared to pronunciation

Good one but we are not under obligation to pronounce like the natives of those countries.

Paris is pronounced without the s by French speakers not us. The French and English call Deutschland Germany. I doubt if most Deutsch can pronounce Germany correctly.

amzee:
4. Greenwich, London
Don’t say: green-witch

Say: grEN-ITCH

Meaning "green harbour" or "green trading place." The word was derived from Old English Grēnawīċ, Grēnewīċ before adopting Greenwich. It was a Royal Observatory founded on June 22, 1675, by King Charles II.

Green-ITCH

tollytexy:
Don't say Buhari.. say Booo - warri

guy you wicked o

tollytexy:
Don't say Buhari.. say Booo - warri

guy you wicked o

you like it or not Nigerians won't accept
try this pronounciation in public people will be looking at you like
wetin do this one

OlujobaSamuel:
there is this africa city, the spelling and pronunciation no even rhyme at al, i will try check, it starts with Ouh or so

Yeah that's the capital of Burkina faso....
I can't even spell it
And no one should ask me to do that.
Pronouncing it is..........hmmmm

Emperormartin:

Yeah that's the capital of Burkina faso....
I can't even spell it
And no one should ask me to do that.
Pronouncing it is..........hmmmm

lol, the first time i heard of it, it was a radio quiz prog, ans 3questions to win a gift, the dud was told to spell the Capital of Burkina Faso, he got the pronunciation but failed the spelling, i was like, dey no wan give this guy the gift jare when i heard ans.

OlujobaSamuel:

lol, the first time i heard of it, it was a radio quiz prog, ans 3questions to win a gift, the dud was told to spell the Capital of Burkina Faso, he got the pronunciation but failed the spelling, i was like, dey no wan give this guy the gift jare when i heard ans.

Lol

@OP YOU MUST BE A slowpoke, PRONOUNCIATION OF NAMES OF PLACES DEPENDS ON THE LANGUAGE YOU ARE SPEAKING, WHY DO THE FRENCH SAY LONDRIE INSTEAD OF LONDON OR ETATS UNIS DE AMERIC INSTEAD OF UNITED STATES OF AMERRICA? GET YOUR FACTS RIGHT.

xpiranza:
abbey help me pronounce BIAFRA

bia fraud

nice