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Hi,
I wonder if Palestine can be pronounced, too, as Pal-ess-TEEN in addition to its known pronunciation.  Izzy loves you all |
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No, Izzy, it's only pronounced one way.
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Thanks a lot, Richard.
Izzy loves you all |
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Member Location: Tehran, Iran
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[palɛstin]
I have no idea, but I found that in Larousse Chambers! |
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Member Location: Tehran, Iran
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And it seems we have also "Palaestina," which is pronounced differently from "Palestine."
Correct me if I'm wrong! This message has been edited. Last edited by: mehrdadthebigboss, |
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Let's stay in English. I believe Larousse Chambers is a bilingual (French/English) dictionary, right?
 LOLIn American phonetics, we transcribe Palestine as [phæ-lƏ-staIn]. At any rate, my friend, this is how we pronounce the geographical term -- and that's it. There are no alternate ways in current English -- anywhere. By the way, Palæstina, pronounced in English as [phæ-lƏ-sti-nƏ], is the Latin name given to the area by the Romans as an insult to the Jews. The name is the Latinized rendering of the Philistines, who were archenemies of the Israelites. (In the biblical story of David and Goliath, Goliath was a Philistine.) By calling the area Palæstina instead of Judæa, the Romans knew they'd be insulting the Jews. |
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Member Location: Tehran, Iran
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Lol! I said I had no idea!
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