| 13:50 UK time, Monday, 7 August 2006
A guide to words and names in the news, from Martha Figueroa-Clark of the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Pronunciation Unit.
"Our recommendation for is tuh-REEK gaff-OOR. That's based on the advice of the Metropolitan Police Press Office.
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Comments
A triviality, perhaps. A message for sports commentators, particularly Steve and Brendan. The Italian name STEFANO is not pronounced STEFARNO. The accent is on the first sylabble, so it is Steff - anno.
Hope you can help.
Thanks
Alec Sykes
Hmmm, looks like an Arabic name to me. I am not a Semiticist, but surely the Gh- part needs to be pronounced as a voiced version of the -ch in Scottish loch? Admittedly, English speakers are generally lazy about pronunciation, and this one is difficult, but it is not impossible.
D. Fear is right about the 'Gh-' part.
'Tarique' should be pronounced TAA-riq, with a soft 't' (as used in Spanish) and the 'q' pronounced somewhat like a 'k', with the tongue held back a bit (definitely not tuh-REEK; the ³ÉÈË¿ìÊÖ Pronunciation Unit is dead wrong on this one!).