> On Sun, Oct 03, 2004 at 10:55:18PM +0100, Chris Bates wrote:
> > What language is Samarra in?
>
> Don't keep up with current events much, eh? Samarra is in Iraq;
> US-led coalition forces recaptured it this weekend. Therefore the
> language is presumably Arabic.
one would think; *but*, rather than presume & risk being in error, I simply
named the city & left it at that. :)
ya see, I learn. :)
> Rodlox: I don't know what the Arabic rhotic sound is, but if the news
> reports you're watching are in any language *other* than Arabic,
CNN & BBC
> the
> anchor person almost certainly mispronounced the name. :)
*gasps*
> -Marcos
>