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Re: Qatar?

At 02:28 AM 4/8/2003 -0700, you wrote:
>I always thought it was pronounced either "kay-tar" or
>"kaw-tar", but I keep hearing the AP news service
>saying "Cutter"  Any idea of the correct pronounciation?

I think the problem is that it has Arabic sounds which lack an exact 
English equivalent.  I was told "GUT- tar" is pretty close, although I have 
also heard Cutter and even people who live there say Kah-TAR sometimes 
because that's how so many westerners say it...