Re Roozbeh Pournader's message of 12 Jun 2003:
 
> > Only as a personal name.  The Prophet's name is pronounced Muhammed.
> 
> Where? In Turkey? 

Yes: you were talking about Turkey.

> If that is the case, it's different from the way it's pronounced in
> Iran and Saudi Arabia. 

Hardly surprising.

> At least the way it is pronounced in Iran and Saudi Arabia is very
> different. In Iran it is pronounced "mohammad". In Saudi Arabic it is
> "muHammad".

Correct.

<...>

> The point is: you need to choose a standard pronounciation if you want
> to use the Latin script for the Persian language. And that's very
> hard. "The Devil is in the details."

I agree -- whichever way you pronounce Shaytan!

Nigel
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