Who speaks Arabic out there?
Jul. 17th, 2012 07:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingI've got a pronunciation question for you, and my normal go-to guy for Arabic is offline.
I've been playing Arkham City because Valve has broken me and I am a sad person. There is a villain whose name is spelled "Ra's al Ghul". It's supposed to be Arabic for "the head of the demon". Liam Neeson played him in the movie.
Liam Neeson, who is a god in at least two religions, pronounced the name "Raz" - one syllable, soft a, same sound as "raspberry". In some scenes with other characters it was "Roz", same as "Rosalyn".
Arkham City pronounces it as "Raish" - hard A like Amos, s with a definite shh sound.
My question for you, Arabic speaker: If you had to say "head of the demon", what would it be? And if it was "Ra's al Ghul", how would you pronounce the first word?
I've been playing Arkham City because Valve has broken me and I am a sad person. There is a villain whose name is spelled "Ra's al Ghul". It's supposed to be Arabic for "the head of the demon". Liam Neeson played him in the movie.
Liam Neeson, who is a god in at least two religions, pronounced the name "Raz" - one syllable, soft a, same sound as "raspberry". In some scenes with other characters it was "Roz", same as "Rosalyn".
Arkham City pronounces it as "Raish" - hard A like Amos, s with a definite shh sound.
My question for you, Arabic speaker: If you had to say "head of the demon", what would it be? And if it was "Ra's al Ghul", how would you pronounce the first word?