[arr] Re: Can someone please pronounce Rahman correctly?
exactly. the word Rahman is in Arabic language (it is one of the 99 names of God Almighty). and even the way we pronounce it is not exactly how it is pronounced in Arabic. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, arr_raghu arr_ra...@... wrote: Actually, However we pronounce his name Rahman is not very correct. Ask any native Arabic person, they will show you the correct pronounciation. They laugh at how we call him; but hay, we are used to calling him so. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chord purevibz@ wrote: I don't want to belabor this point and I'm not really that bothered by it as I'm elated by the Oscar win. But, why are so many Americans butchering AR's name? Since the awards started, I have heard, Ruhman, Rahmeen, AJ Raaman, Rockkman Is Rahman really so hard to pronounce? Well, maybe it is for Westerners who aren't used to such names. And BTW, I love Americans as I am one of them, but they have a history of butchering even relatively easy South Asian names. Trust me. I know personally!
Re: [arr] Re: Can someone please pronounce Rahman correctly?
A Rose by any other name , would still smell sweet. Warm Regards ~~~ Vinayak theregoesanotherday.blogspot.com On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 4:01 PM, Jahanzeb Farooq jahanzebti...@yahoo.comwrote: exactly. the word Rahman is in Arabic language (it is one of the 99 names of God Almighty). and even the way we pronounce it is not exactly how it is pronounced in Arabic. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, arr_raghu arr_ra...@... wrote: Actually, However we pronounce his name Rahman is not very correct. Ask any native Arabic person, they will show you the correct pronounciation. They laugh at how we call him; but hay, we are used to calling him so. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com arrahmanfans%40yahoogroups.com, Chord purevibz@ wrote: I don't want to belabor this point and I'm not really that bothered by it as I'm elated by the Oscar win. But, why are so many Americans butchering AR's name? Since the awards started, I have heard, Ruhman, Rahmeen, AJ Raaman, Rockkman Is Rahman really so hard to pronounce? Well, maybe it is for Westerners who aren't used to such names. And BTW, I love Americans as I am one of them, but they have a history of butchering even relatively easy South Asian names. Trust me. I know personally!
[arr] Re: Can someone please pronounce Rahman correctly?
Actually, However we pronounce his name Rahman is not very correct. Ask any native Arabic person, they will show you the correct pronounciation. They laugh at how we call him; but hay, we are used to calling him so. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chord purev...@... wrote: I don't want to belabor this point and I'm not really that bothered by it as I'm elated by the Oscar win. But, why are so many Americans butchering AR's name? Since the awards started, I have heard, Ruhman, Rahmeen, AJ Raaman, Rockkman Is Rahman really so hard to pronounce? Well, maybe it is for Westerners who aren't used to such names. And BTW, I love Americans as I am one of them, but they have a history of butchering even relatively easy South Asian names. Trust me. I know personally!
[arr] Re: Can someone please pronounce Rahman correctly?
Good point, but those are subtle differences. I am talking about more gross mis-pronounciations when what they pronounce does not at all match with how it's spelled. I think the Oscar folks came closest to pronouncing it the most accurate. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, arr_raghu arr_ra...@... wrote: Actually, However we pronounce his name Rahman is not very correct. Ask any native Arabic person, they will show you the correct pronounciation. They laugh at how we call him; but hay, we are used to calling him so. --- In arrahmanfans@yahoogroups.com, Chord purevibz@ wrote: I don't want to belabor this point and I'm not really that bothered by it as I'm elated by the Oscar win. But, why are so many Americans butchering AR's name? Since the awards started, I have heard, Ruhman, Rahmeen, AJ Raaman, Rockkman Is Rahman really so hard to pronounce? Well, maybe it is for Westerners who aren't used to such names. And BTW, I love Americans as I am one of them, but they have a history of butchering even relatively easy South Asian names. Trust me. I know personally!
[arr] Re: Can someone please pronounce Rahman correctly?
Afaik, the best way to pronounce Rahman would be RRah-Maan The stress on the R and the maan.
Re: [arr] Re: Can someone please pronounce Rahman correctly?
We should put the audio pronunciation on the wiki page. Any idea how to do that? On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 9:39 PM, nazeef mohammed nazeef.moham...@gmail.comwrote: Afaik, the best way to pronounce Rahman would be RRah-Maan The stress on the R and the maan.
