# Yaaarghh!  It's pronounced SUB-SID-I-ARY, goddammit!!

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**Created:** [January 20, 2011, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yaaarghh-its-pronounced-sub-sid-i-ary-goddammit/568284 "2011-01-20T03:44:48Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 3, 2011, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yaaarghh-its-pronounced-sub-sid-i-ary-goddammit/568284/101 "2011-02-03T04:27:11Z")

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> [@elmwood](#):
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> Also what seems like a recent trend: place names in the Middle East being pronounced with a long British a rather than the shorter American a. For example:
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> - Ih-rahhk instead of Ih-rak
> - Pahhk-ih-stahhn (and, in a few cases, Pahhk-ih-schtahhn) instead of Pak-ih-stan
> - Ahhf-ghahhn-uh-stahhn instead of Af-gan-ih-stan

I find it somewhat sad, though not surprising that an American would consider pronouncing the name of a country the way its citizens do a trend.

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