[DX-CHAT] Country Names
Quatar = Qoutah, as in down South, "Hey, buddy can you spare a qoutah so's I can use dis pay phone cause my cah done went and broke down". (white, early twenties, high school graduate). I already have my qoutah of Quatar in the log :-) :-) Cutter - something to do with those curved Arabian daggers ?? New Britainia - you need to look at some old maps, not history books Anybody know where Britainy is (or used to be) ?? Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Country Names
Larry, K4WLS wrote: > > I am sure that we would all prefer United States > of America rather than keep the old name of New Britainia. I missed something in American history or I don't recall that name! > I can't even spell it off the bat without looking > it up, much less pronounce it correctly. If you try to pronounce it in > English from the correct spelling using > what you think the correct syllables are, 99.9 % of us will > mis-pronounce it. How about the English pronounication of Kiribati. Or Revillagigedo? If you know Spanish, no problem. But tell that to Alaskans who live in Ketchikan, located on an island of the same name! They don't understand Spanish! John Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Country Names
I believe it's pronounced like the six stringed instrument, "Guitar" = Qatar.
Re: [DX-CHAT] Country Names
Who really cares (except those who live there) how it's pronounced? Just get them in the log! Bill W5EC > How about the Belgian Congo?? Sounds better than Zaire but that > > > > I haven't heard too many people say "Lakshadweep" yet, and "Malyj > > Vysotskij" has been giving some people fits trying to pronounce it for > > > And just how do you pronounce Qatar? Is it similar to "Cutter" or > > "Gutter" as the newspeople were recently saying it? > > > Wellpersonally I prefer Rhodesia over Zimbawe, and > > > Burma over Mynamar, but I am an "O.F" and I grew up > > > > > > The New Hebridies sounds much more romantic than > > > Vanatau - I can't even spell it off the bat without looking Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Country Names
In a message dated 9/25/2003 6:05:52 AM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And just how do you pronounce Qatar? Is it similar to "Cutter" or "Gutter" as the newspeople were recently saying it? The Arabic "Q" (not followed by a "u") or, the letter "qaf" is said back in the throat with a slight click. I happen to read Arabic (had in in college and worked in the Middle East) and had heard various ways to pronounce "Qatar" until I finally saw it written in Arabic. Also Arabic has several sounds that we do not have in English, including, for example, three different sounds for what we would call the letter "h." This is one of the reasons that it is difficult to write Arabic with the Latin alphabet. Actually that "cutter" if said with an initial click back in the throat is pretty close. Tom Orr, W6HT
Re: [DX-CHAT] Country Names
How about the Belgian Congo?? Sounds better than Zaire but that didn't last that long anyway. Hopefully, at some point, we will have a new one in Saudi Arabia or Iraq. Kind of like the Canal Zone. Not only will we have a new one to work but the price of gas would drop to about a nickel a gallon. Zack Widup wrote: > > I haven't heard too many people say "Lakshadweep" yet, and "Malyj > Vysotskij" has been giving some people fits trying to pronounce it for > years. :-) > > BTW, it's MAH-lee Vee-SOT-skee. My National Geographic Atlas has it > simply listed as Vysotsk. > > And just how do you pronounce Qatar? Is it similar to "Cutter" or > "Gutter" as the newspeople were recently saying it? > > 73, Zack W9SZ > > On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Larry, K4WLS wrote: > > > Wellpersonally I prefer Rhodesia over Zimbawe, and > > Burma over Mynamar, but I am an "O.F" and I grew up > > with these names as a young SWL and DX'er. With the > > end of the Colonization Period and independence, many > > countries have chosen more traditional names in the native > > dialogue. I am sure that we would all prefer United States > > of America rather than keep the old name of New Britainia. > > > > The New Hebridies sounds much more romantic than > > Vanatau - I can't even spell it off the bat without looking > > it up, much less pronounce it correctly. If you try to pronounce it in > > English from the correct spelling using > > what you think the correct syllables are, 99.9 % of us will > > mis-pronounce it. > > > > Whatever we think, is just whatever we think. We are all > > entitled to an opinion, right or wrong. These countries, > > however, have gained their independence like we did, so > > they are certainly entitled to a name of their choice. I am > > sure the people of these countries could care less whether > > we like it or not. > > > > and like it or not, it is Hatfield, Zimbawe. Oddly enough > > the large towns in these countries have, for the most part, > > retained their original names. Of course Ho Chi Minh City > > is a definite exception, but I think the former South Vietnam > > is definite exception altogethor. (Strictly an opinion). Guess > > I better QRT - beginning to mix politics with DX'ing - not > > good ! > > > > 73 and Gud DX (whatever you want to call it), Larry > > > > > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > > http://njdxa.org > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
Re: [DX-CHAT] Country Names
I haven't heard too many people say "Lakshadweep" yet, and "Malyj Vysotskij" has been giving some people fits trying to pronounce it for years. :-) BTW, it's MAH-lee Vee-SOT-skee. My National Geographic Atlas has it simply listed as Vysotsk. And just how do you pronounce Qatar? Is it similar to "Cutter" or "Gutter" as the newspeople were recently saying it? 73, Zack W9SZ On Thu, 25 Sep 2003, Larry, K4WLS wrote: > Wellpersonally I prefer Rhodesia over Zimbawe, and > Burma over Mynamar, but I am an "O.F" and I grew up > with these names as a young SWL and DX'er. With the > end of the Colonization Period and independence, many > countries have chosen more traditional names in the native > dialogue. I am sure that we would all prefer United States > of America rather than keep the old name of New Britainia. > > The New Hebridies sounds much more romantic than > Vanatau - I can't even spell it off the bat without looking > it up, much less pronounce it correctly. If you try to pronounce it in > English from the correct spelling using > what you think the correct syllables are, 99.9 % of us will > mis-pronounce it. > > Whatever we think, is just whatever we think. We are all > entitled to an opinion, right or wrong. These countries, > however, have gained their independence like we did, so > they are certainly entitled to a name of their choice. I am > sure the people of these countries could care less whether > we like it or not. > > and like it or not, it is Hatfield, Zimbawe. Oddly enough > the large towns in these countries have, for the most part, > retained their original names. Of course Ho Chi Minh City > is a definite exception, but I think the former South Vietnam > is definite exception altogethor. (Strictly an opinion). Guess > I better QRT - beginning to mix politics with DX'ing - not > good ! > > 73 and Gud DX (whatever you want to call it), Larry > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
[DX-CHAT] Country Names
Wellpersonally I prefer Rhodesia over Zimbawe, and Burma over Mynamar, but I am an "O.F" and I grew up with these names as a young SWL and DX'er. With the end of the Colonization Period and independence, many countries have chosen more traditional names in the native dialogue. I am sure that we would all prefer United States of America rather than keep the old name of New Britainia. The New Hebridies sounds much more romantic than Vanatau - I can't even spell it off the bat without looking it up, much less pronounce it correctly. If you try to pronounce it in English from the correct spelling using what you think the correct syllables are, 99.9 % of us will mis-pronounce it. Whatever we think, is just whatever we think. We are all entitled to an opinion, right or wrong. These countries, however, have gained their independence like we did, so they are certainly entitled to a name of their choice. I am sure the people of these countries could care less whether we like it or not. and like it or not, it is Hatfield, Zimbawe. Oddly enough the large towns in these countries have, for the most part, retained their original names. Of course Ho Chi Minh City is a definite exception, but I think the former South Vietnam is definite exception altogethor. (Strictly an opinion). Guess I better QRT - beginning to mix politics with DX'ing - not good ! 73 and Gud DX (whatever you want to call it), Larry Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
