# Why does Sullah mispronounce Belloq as "Bellosh" (Raiders of the Lost Ark)

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 9, 2010, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sullah-mispronounce-belloq-as-bellosh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/560010 "2010-11-09T06:36:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sullah-mispronounce-belloq-as-bellosh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/560010/41 "2010-11-13T06:17:53Z")

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I’m gonna bow out of this thread before more of my childhood dies.

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**Author:** ![Capitaine\_Zombie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e95f7d/32.png) [@Capitaine\_Zombie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capitaine_Zombie)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sullah-mispronounce-belloq-as-bellosh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/560010/42 "2010-11-13T07:02:53Z")

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> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#):
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> I’m gonna bow out of this thread before more of my childhood dies.

Hahaha, that made me laugh. Ok, if you ever take a step back, I’ll act on my threats and actually start a Indy debunking thread. And not only on Raiders of the Lost Ark, but of the whole Indy franchise. So, move carefully there…

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**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 9:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sullah-mispronounce-belloq-as-bellosh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/560010/43 "2010-11-13T09:19:06Z")

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> [@a35362](#):
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> And what did all those snakes live on all that time?

All the rats, of course.

You say you didn’t see any rats in the movie? Well, of course not! The snakes ate them all!

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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [November 13, 2010, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sullah-mispronounce-belloq-as-bellosh-raiders-of-the-lost-ark/560010/44 "2010-11-13T16:14:16Z")

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Don’t even get me started on how the Mayans invented the photoelectric cell…

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