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Pet peeve - if you want to talk about Iraq, learn how to pronounce the word

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Posted on September 5, 2008 - 11:32am at Loose TN Cannon
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You can spot those with no foreign policy experience like Sarah Palin who don't even know the correct pronunciation of the word: Iraq. I've just listened to Palin and many redneck Republicans pronounce the country as "Eye- Rack." Drives me nuts! (same with "Eye-Ran")

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Pet peeve - if you want to talk about Iraq, learn how to pronounce the word

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Posted on September 5, 2008 - 11:31am at Tennessee Free
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You can spot those with no foreign policy experience like Sarah Palin who don’t even know the correct pronunciation of the word: Iraq. I’ve just listened to Palin on CNN (and many redneck Republicans) pronounce the country as “Eye- Rack.” Drives me nuts! (same with “Eye-Ran”)
It is pronounced
-rk, -räk
(sounds like: i-rock’ [...]

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