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why do yall pronounce it like - eyerack - eyeran - cat-tar - tarron (tehran) - nye-jer
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Anonymous 2d

Because that’s how we’ve heard it, from English speakers. We don’t really platform native speakers of the respective languages, so we never hear it pronounced how they would.

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Anonymous 2d

I pronounce the last one a little differently

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Anonymous 2d

Because words have different pronunciations based on things like region and dialect. This also extends to other languages outside English

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Anonymous 2d

I’m guessing ‘yall’ references Americans. US is involved in some of those countries, that’s how it’s pronounced using English, because we(‘yall’) are americans(living in america)

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Anonymous replying to -> #1 1d

You’re hilarious

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Anonymous replying to -> #3 1d

I grew up in the U.S. speaking english and that’s not how these names are pronounced. We don’t say “ay rab” or “eyendian”

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