IsLAHM

[Victor Steinbok]

There is also some question concerning the Taliban. Aside from the i/e
spelling question, you can hear stress on either first or last syllable
or both, with both [æ] and [ah] versions.

     VS-)

On 11/1/2010 8:58 AM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 2:13 PM +0000 11/1/10, Charles C Doyle wrote:
>> I'll bet Juan Williams says IZlum.
>>
>> --Charlie
> I'm surprised FOX News and friends haven't settled on "eye-slam" as
> the official patriotic American pronunciation, as in "eye-rack" and
> "eye-ran" (and the earlier "eye-talian").
>
> LH
>
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>> Jonathan Lighter [wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM]
>> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2010 7:21 AM
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>>
>> The trendy pronunciation, esp. on NPR.
>>
>> Shows you're not a bigot.
>>
>> JL
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