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Discussion>How do YOU pronounce Latakia?
petewho 04:10 PM 02-02-2009
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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yellowgoat 04:12 PM 02-02-2009
here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced
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Darrell 04:15 PM 02-02-2009
I always pronounce it LIGHT-UH-KIA, not sure if that’s right. :-)
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BigFrank 04:24 PM 02-02-2009
I usually end up say it like LAT-TICA
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RevSmoke 04:27 PM 02-02-2009
La-tah-KEY-ah
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replicant_argent 04:32 PM 02-02-2009
Originally Posted by Darrell:
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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Emjaysmash 04:55 PM 02-02-2009
Originally Posted by RevSmoke:
La-tah-KEY-ah
:-)
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TheJ 05:07 PM 02-02-2009
Originally Posted by yellowgoat:
here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced
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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Curly Cut 05:18 PM 02-02-2009
Originally Posted by yellowgoat:
here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced
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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croatan 05:26 PM 02-02-2009
Correctly, apparently :-)

Originally Posted by yellowgoat:
here ya go! You can even hear how it's pronounced

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TheJ 05:54 PM 02-02-2009
Originally Posted by Curly Cut:
i also looked up Perique once a long time ago.
Pah reek?
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WWhermit 08:01 PM 02-02-2009
Originally Posted by TheJ:
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.
:-)
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DrDubzz 08:17 PM 02-02-2009
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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Tenor CS 09:30 PM 02-02-2009
Toe-back-koe
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