What's in a name... !

[imported_*IslamicGirl*]

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind

Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmutallahi Wa Barakhatu.

I wonder why people cannot pronounce a name correctly?
Is it something I’m doing wrong or them?

For e.g if my name is ‘FARTAQI’… I am not FARTakeee or Far-tacky- I try saying my name is the correct pronunciation and even when answering calls I pronounce it loudly for people to understand, so how is it I end up still being called…

FARTACKY?

And the French dude (default person I’m using here) gets his name pronounced correctly with accent like Henri. :eek:

Beats me, someone please explain, JazakhAllahu Khair.:)

Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmutallahi Wa Barakhatu.

[Stone Me]

how do you pronounce fartaqi?

[imported_*IslamicGirl*]

how do you pronounce fartaqi?

That's not my real name btw! :D

Neither is *IslamicGirl* :eek: :D

[Abu Mus'ab]

Its not just your name have you not heard of 'Irak' 'Al Kader' 'Afganistan' etc?

[Abu Mus'ab]

how do you pronounce fartaqi?

Its difficult to explain to someone who cant speak Arabic,what you can do is download Ahmad Bukhatir's nasheed called 'Fartaqi' and listen how to say it for yourself.

[imported_Kurdish-muslima]

yeh i have the same problem :D i think its mainly because the english language doesn't pronounce "r" the way for example we middle-easterners do, where you put your tongue up to the roof of your mouth, they say it as "arrr".

The worst is the way they say "iraq", like eye-rak, grrrrr, its eh-rark!! al eh-rarkia!! :p

[Stone Me]

Have you heard the way people like osama bin laden pronounce english words? now that sounds daft!!! "Amuhrikah! Durkah Durkah!"

[Abu Mus'ab]

Have you heard the way people like osama bin laden pronounce english words? now that sounds daft!!! "Amuhrikah! Durkah Durkah!"

You daft or something?

They say 'Amreeka' not 'Amuhrikah' and dont even ask me what the other word is that you wrote.

[imported_Ebony]

Not many have a problem with my name.

Except when they insist its supposed to be pronounced some way or other. I think I know how to pronounce my own name, thanks :rolleyes:

Smart alec's.

[imported_Hayaa]

beats me too --like it's ha-yaa, pronounced exactly the way it's written and not hey-yeah

i really wonder why the "s" doesn't get pronounce the way it ought to when it comes to Arab names/ terms [ 'message' will be pronounced as 'message' and 'Christian' is not Chriztian' but when it comes to say, 'Asma' -- surprisingly it's Azma... :scratch: ..]

[Abu Mus'ab]

People cant pronounce my name,so they call me by whatever they think my name is. *Roll Eyes*

And dont think i'm going to tell you what my real name is *Roll Eyes* my name has been mentioned in the 'names for children' thread if you really need to know *Roll Eyes*

[imported_*islamia]

In the name of Allah, the Most Merciful, the Most Kind

Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmutallahi Wa Barakhatu.

I wonder why people cannot pronounce a name correctly?
Is it something I’m doing wrong or them?

For e.g if my name is ‘FARTAQI’… I am not FARTakeee or Far-tacky- I try saying my name is the correct pronunciation and even when answering calls I pronounce it loudly for people to understand, so how is it I end up still being called…

FARTACKY?

And the French dude (default person I’m using here) gets his name pronounced correctly with accent like Henri. :eek:

Beats me, someone please explain, JazakhAllahu Khair.:)

Assalamu Alaykum Wa Rahmutallahi Wa Barakhatu.



Lool this post made me laugh in this boring old school

I get things like

KhadIjah

Im like no Khadeeeeeejah:rolleyes:

[Volatile.]

Everybody pronounces my name Correctly :D

tis a pretty simple name to pronounce.

[Abu Mus'ab]

Everybody pronounces my name Correctly :D

tis a pretty simple name to pronounce.

Tumhara naam kya hai?

If you dont mind that is.

[Volatile.]

Tumhara naam kya hai?

If you dont mind that is.

Mera naam Iskandar hai :D

[imported_cheeky]

I have an easy name for ppl to pronounce..its the surename they get muddled up with...they start off fine..Al-....and then they get lost hehe :D

[Volatile.]

I have an easy name for ppl to pronounce..its the surename they get muddled up with...they start off fine..Al-....and then they get lost hehe :D

People always get muddled up with the surnames, especially white people.

[imported_nami]

My name is so simple but not many non arabs can pronounce it properly. As I am not an arab, I can't pronounce it properly either! :o

[imported_Ebony]

I just had a phonecall passed to me by a student who said "sorry, I can't pronounce your name but its for you" :rolleyes:

My standard reply - "its ok, no-one can" :D

[imported_ze leetle elper]

Mine is very simple: ze leetle elper

Pronounced: zeeee leeetel L-perrrr :p

[MsTricky]

But I thought there were no vowels in Arabic:confused: So Db is Debe (Debbie) or Dob or Dib etc

[Al-ghurabah]

people allwasy pronounce my name wrong so everyone calls me by my surname.. at work and all my previous jobs . even some of my mates do..

[.: Anna :.]

But I thought there were no vowels in Arabic:confused: So Db is Debe (Debbie) or Dob or Dib etclol no tricky, there are vowels but we dont always write them. Still there is a correct way and incorrect way to prn a name or a word.

My names dont get much problems, all easy to pronounce but many times people think my name is Hana not Anna

[Selamat]

Its not just your name have you not heard of 'Irak' 'Al Kader' 'Afganistan' etc?

Don't forget 'Gutter'. That's how they routinely pronounce Qatar on CNN.

[zaki]

Many brothers have said my name wrong instead of saying Zaki, they say Zakib

[Abu Mus'ab]

Mera naam Iskandar hai :D
Really?

Where have i heard that name before?

[*abdullah*]

My name is the best name that Allah likes.

It means: Slave Of Allah

Abd - Slave

Allah - God

:D

[Abu Mus'ab]

My name is the best name that Allah likes.

It means: Slave Of Allah

Abd - Slave

Allah - God

:D
Is that your real name akhi?

[veilofmysoul]

I haen't come accross many who've been able to pronounce my name properly either. It's really rediculous... some of the pronounciations.

[Karaya]

bein' an asian in my english pronunciation i would say
Fal-takii
buts lets face it ,if 'fart' is in any name the bearer of that name is going to be a natural born target......might think about a change like mary or sylvia
or kagome maybe....:)

[Abu Mus'ab]

bein' an asian in my english pronunciation i would say
Fal-takii
buts lets face it ,if 'fart' is in any name the bearer of that name is going to be a natural born target......might think about a change like mary or sylvia
or kagome maybe....:)
That's stupid names.

And also the name is pronounced Far ("arr" as in you know them pirate things) taqi (like mufti taqi uthmani),it's not pronounced Fart aqi

[stephenoskie]

my name is mis- spelt
pronouced corretly,

[PaGaL~LaDo0]

i ave sucha ezy nme but evry1 juz prncez it da ezr vy @) so0oo0 ima livin vid it nw but ven ppl azk me v0tz ur nme i say it da vay evry1 elz sayz it :eek3:

[Karaya]

Ovay! lighten up
anyway I like Kagome its my name...

[Cristiana]

People cant pronounce my name,so they call me by whatever they think my name is. *Roll Eyes*

And dont think i'm going to tell you what my real name is *Roll Eyes* my name has been mentioned in the 'names for children' thread if you really need to know *Roll Eyes*

Same here:D

However Arabic speakers "gave me" an Arabic name: instead of syaing my Italian name wrong they call me with an Arabic one that sounds similar:inlove:

[Karaya]

het volatile
it ain't only white people you should here arabs try to pronounce my name..
sounds like fingernails on a blackboard but call me anything you want to just don't call me late to dinner


just call me japgirl
:}

[Al-Saeed Abdi]

As Salaamu Alaikum,

I've been called; Saeed, Za'eed, Saheed, Sayd, Sayid, Sa'eed.

I remember once I was waiting in hospital for a good 5 hours, and I almost missed my turn because I thought they was asking for the dude with the hilarious Mr. Actor name, turns out that was me. They must have thought me really retarded, I mean not knowing my own name and all.

Ma'aSalaama