[Carolina]

Why does Gregg Dumdum insist on pronouncing Qatar "Gutter"?

It's driving me crazy. It seems all the journalists are pronouncing it Kutter instead of Kuh-TAHR, as I learned it. Was there a memo that we didn't get?

[smokeyjon]

"It's driving me crazy. It seems all the journalists are pronouncing it Kutter instead of Kuh-TAHR, as I learned it. Was there a memo that we didn't get?"

I learned it as "Kuh-tahr" as well. I *think* I heard an ambassador from Qatar say that the correct pronunciation is indeed "Kutter", but Gregg Dumdum here keeps saying "Gutter". I really can't stand him at any rate.

[Miss Marple]

Apparently in Arabic the pronunciation is closer to "gutter." However, since we are not CNN, I do not understand why it isn't pronounced "KuhTAHR" the way we used to. After all, we don't say "Espana" or "Deutchland."

[mtbopfuyn]

I saw a spokesman (goverment or something) once on FNC and he said it could be pronounced many different ways but the closest to English would be "Cutter" as in a ship.

[null and void]

Why does Gregg Dumdum insist on pronouncing Qatar "Gutter"?

Because he LIKES to think of our military as being in the gutter.

DUH!