Pakistani Pronunciations

[Mamaof3]

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hmmm how to explain? The sounds (to me) are very different. the "V" sound is hard, you have to place your top teeth on your bottom lip to make the sound. Like VERY good. The "W" sound is soft, you purse your lips into a little "o". I dont know if this makes it easier to see....but heck, leave it alone! There needs to be more musical sounding language in the world and no one better than desis at this! :)

[Aliyish]

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We should try to improve ourselves in every field.

David Copperfield said samething as yours :D

[hareem01]

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David Copperfield said samething as yours :D

mujhay aap kay jokes samjh main nahi aatay.

[Aliyish]

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mujhay aap kay jokes samjh main nahi aatay.

Tu aysa hee Has dia karoo Appa Hareem :) Hasnay se Blood bartah hai :)

[chacha_Ghalib]

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mujhay aap kay jokes samjh main nahi aatay.

koi pareshaani ki baat nahin... ye dimaaghi tawazun kay bahaal honay ki nishaani hai :D

[P_G]

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hareem^ ha ha ha . u shud say

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Aliyish Do you really want us to laugh on this joke of yours

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[chacha_Ghalib]

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hareem^ ha ha ha . u shud say

punjaabi ki aik kahawat hai... aap kay iss hamlay pay saadiq aati hai

kehtay hain.... "goey pannyaN wair nahin mukday"

[Aliyish]

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hareem^ ha ha ha . u shud say

Alllah Mian ... dil se nikli hai :D

punjaabi ki aik kahawat hai... aap kay iss hamlay pay saadiq aati hai

kehtay hain.... "goey pannyaN wair nahin mukday"

Chacha . muj se Jahlion ke leay urdu mein tarjuma be kardain please ...

[chacha_Ghalib]

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Alllah Mian ... dil se nikli hai :D

Chacha . muj se Jahlion ke leay urdu mein tarjuma be kardain please ...

yaar mujhe nahin lagta main kar sakon ga :(

urdu main aisy alfaaz hi nahin hotay.... but lemme try

goey = janwaron ka sookha hova gobar; puraany zamaany main jalaany kay kaam aata tha
panana = torna
wair = dushmni
mukday = khatam hotay

meaning: you can't defeat your enemies by breaking their goey (i.e. employing meaningless tactics that don't really hurt the enemy)

phew

[niyal]

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@TLK

another thread making fun of dsei pronunciations

No non-desi (with the exception of arabs) ever pronounced even my name right .. how comes we never saw a thread on that

thinking wot is ure name ?

@Mamaof3

I LOVE the pakistani accent. Its so musical, beautiful to listen to. Nothing wring in getting a smile or two from it esp since its just so nice to listen to.

funny thing, pakistanis often substitute the “w” sound with the “V” sound and vice versa. My hubby does it but not too often. Funny thing is that my middle guy does this all the time! Almost like its a genetic thing! Instead of saying “veggies”, he says “weggies” etc.

its mostly becaz they are taught v as w in schools -

@chacha_Ghalib

yaar mujhe nahin lagta main kar sakon ga

urdu main aisy alfaaz hi nahin hotay… but lemme try

goey = janwaron ka sookha hova gobar; puraany zamaany main jalaany kay kaam aata tha
panana = torna
wair = dushmni
mukday = khatam hotay

meaning: you can’t defeat your enemies by breaking their goey (i.e. employing meaningless tactics that don’t really hurt the enemy)

phew

meaningless linguistic

[ConservativeGirl]

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@mercenary2k

Toronto = TRRRAANTO
New York = New Yahhk
Chicago = She-cago
Houston = Hustin
London = Londhun
Manchester = Mhan (pause) Chester
Montreal = Mont-ree-aaal
Vancouver = Vun Couver
Manitoba = Mani Toba
Winnipeg = Vini Peg
Delaware = Dil A War
Ohio - Oh-EE-O
Mineapolis(however its spelt) - MINYA-POLEES
Virginia- VURGEENYA
NEWARK- NO-WORK
Santa Clara - Santa Claaara
Buffalo = BUFF-LO
Calgary = Celgehry

Indianapolis - indian-POLEES
IVE HEARD SOMEONE SAY THAT AND ENDED UP WITH PEPSI COMING OUT OF MY NOSTRILS DUE TO LAUGHTER

And the best one is

Mississauga = Mrs. Agha

Extreme exaggeration in action.
try to find some angrezi-literate friends/circle next time and stop hanging out with taxi drivers.

And please no Pepsi coming out of nostrils again… that is such an ill manner.

[Lusi]

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Why don’t you first correct your spelling… it is Minneapolis with two n’s.

[Maha_Shonu]

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lovely post Merc. brought an smile...:) i got some of my own too.. :)

tennessee = tanay see
arkansas = Ar KansaS

OH hear this.. a friend of mine was talking abt how expensive her Make up was... and kept telling me abt this " CHANNEL" brand she was using.. .. i felt embarrassed not knowing of a brand that she boasted to be SOO popular.. Just to find out later that she was talking abt 'CHANEL'

i dont know if its true.. but i heard some actress in our country pronounced Mc DONALDS as " EM SEE DONAALD"

this aunty was once telling us a story abt her accident and how SI-LOWLY SI-LOWLY she was going..
and last but Not the least
i have actually heard some one pronounce the work
PAKISTAN as PKS-TAAN ...

P.s... i get offended really easily but i dont think this post is offensive.. if ne thing it lets us look at our selves and help some of us correct our selves without being pointed out.. and all that with a laugh too

[AQ]

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@Lusi

Why don’t you first correct your spelling… it is Minneapolis with two n’s.

I always thought it was Muniya Police

[Maha_Shonu]

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i meant brought A smile.. excuse my grammer its WAY too early in the morning..

[Lajawab]

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@mercenary2k

Mississauga = Mrs. Agha

hehehehehe

[zobia]

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mujhay aap kay jokes samjh main nahi aatay.

David Copperfield is a Jewish American magician and illusionist

so kalay jadoo kernay walay k asar hogayea hai ali bhai per :D

[TeenDabbyWala]

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atleast we can pronouce a full range of sounds and move our tongue around, unlike goras and cheenee log. I wonder what Pakistanis sound like speaking Chinese.

[psyah]

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@TeenDabbyWala

atleast we can pronouce a full range of sounds and move our tongue around, unlike goras and cheenee log. I wonder what Pakistanis sound like speaking Chinese.

Peace TeenDabbyWala

Actually there are many sounds both people from both places cannot say.

please read next post ...

[psyah]

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Peace All

I think it is important for us to pronounce correctly both urdu and english. The musical manner in which we deliver the words can indeed remain. This is called intonation. In English and urdu intonation is not that important, but in Arabic and languages like Chinese and Russian it is critical otherwise the meanings will change.

There are variations in dialects too. In UK English we will pronounce the following:

The 'r' in UK English is a softer sound than the re in urdu. British never say CAR but Americans might. Even so the UK 'r' shape is the same as the American one, but the re is a different shape. The 'r' and 're' are actually two different sounds but are closest in development. The true description of 'r' with respect to urdu is by analogy.

noon to noon ghunna is the same as 're' to 'r'.

All hard consonants in English are incorrectly given fixed letter sounds in urdu. For example, the 't' sound in English is not the 'Te' (fifth letter) sound in urdu nor is it the 'te' (fourth) sound either. Actually the proper sound is 'Te-hey' jo bani 'They' (Te + two tummy hey) there is more wind that passes the teeth whilst the sound is pronounced.

Same with 'd' and 'p' and 'k' and so on.

Anyway Pakistanis are not the worst in the UK with mispronunciation:

There are some people who will call a window a vindow but there are others (Sikh punjabi villiager type) still who will call it a binda' and that is hilarious.