NationStates Jolt Archive


Ahmadinejad!

Rhaomi
21-09-2006, 03:27
Sure, he's a controversial man, but I think there's one thing about him that all of us can agree on: he has an odd name. It seems like every TV reporter pronounces it differently (as Stephen Colbert cleverly parodies).

How do you pronounce it? I say "mah-MOOD ah-mahdnay-SHAHD" myself. Reminds me of Ahmad Rashad when I say it...
Pledgeria
21-09-2006, 03:33
maw-MOOD ah mawdee NEH jawd.

EDIT: Actually, I say the h's more like the "ch" in a Scottish loch.
United Chicken Kleptos
21-09-2006, 03:34
I think he's really really good-looking.
Pyotr
21-09-2006, 03:36
Its Mach-mood Ah-ma-deen-ijad

the mach being like the german mach

pronounced Mock
Fishyguy 2
21-09-2006, 03:40
awmah-den-EE-jad ?

By the way, hey Rhaomi!
Rhaomi
21-09-2006, 03:41
Its Mach-mood Ah-ma-deen-ijad

the mach being like the german mach

pronounced Mock
Interesting. Where's the emphasis?

Also, I was just watching Anderson Cooper and couldn't help but laugh -- he said "akmah-NINNY-jad"... :D

Subliminal programming, maybe?

awmah-den-EE-jad ?

By the way, hey Rhaomi!

Hello, yourself... :P
Andaluciae
21-09-2006, 03:46
I dunno, maybe...







...uh...




...ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX!!!!!!!!
Minaris
21-09-2006, 03:51
"Mahmud Ahma-know-what-you-did-last-summer-ijad"

-Stephen Colbert
The Colbert Report, 9/19/2006
Szanth
21-09-2006, 03:58
I dunno, maybe...







...uh...




...ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX!!!!!!!!

Heart with a fucking passion.
German Nightmare
21-09-2006, 04:21
Ach-Maa-Dée-Nuh-Dschad.

But what's worse, some German comedy show has played a very well known party song, only that they substituted the lyrics with his name.

Now, whenever I hear his name or see this guy, that song comes to mind and it's even harder to come to grips with him.

Soundsample here. (http://www.1a-dvdshop.ch/songSamples.asp?id=7321919;1112131;6997352)
United Chicken Kleptos
21-09-2006, 04:24
I dunno, maybe...







...uh...




...ZAPHOD BEEBLEBROX!!!!!!!!

Oh dear. You upset my computer so much it committed suicide.
Keiridai
21-09-2006, 06:10
/m@hmUd amh@dinZoUd/ in X-SAMPA
JiangGuo
21-09-2006, 08:56
Whatever the true pronounciation is, it's WAY above anything George W. can utter.
Yootopia
21-09-2006, 09:04
Mach (as in Mach 3, but making the "ch" at the back of your throat) - mood Ach (as in "ach, you spilled my pint") - ma-JEN(focus)-idad (short 'i').
Nobel Hobos
21-09-2006, 10:00
I think he's really really good-looking.

He holds his mouth well too!

He's not as good looking as Osama, but he doesn't do that effete pursy-mouth thing, so I'd say there's a future for him as a film star or cable presenter.

Whatever happened to Gorby? I'd rent a film, even if it was directed by Stallone and co-starred Paris Hilton, so long as it had Gorbachev in it. What a legend!
Harlesburg
21-09-2006, 10:08
I think he's really really good-looking.
yeah, i'd hit it, heck it is why i am growing a beard.
*Idolises*