JamesCherrill Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Having listened to too many carols recently, I'm puzzled about the correct pronunciation of "Israel" British people usually call it is-ray-ell, but some Americans seem to prefer is-rye-ell Does anyone have any insight into this? How do the people who live in that country pronounce its name? Merry Christmas to all James Cherrill Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Overlord Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Actually, from memory, a lot of americans I've spoken to also pronounce it is-ray-ell, Joan Rivers (R.I.P.) Did so many times on various shows, I'm going to go with that pronunciation.... Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696398 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aergan Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Speaking as a Brit, Is-rail. MikeChipshop, Dick Montage, kurupy and 4 others 7 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696402 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torolol Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 i thought that ...-il are arabic thingy? Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696404 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Speaking as a Brit, Is-rail. Me too. I have never heard anyone pronounce it differently in the UK. Aergan and Alera 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696434 Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 "that place over there" Texas robertwnielsen 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696444 Share on other sites More sharing options...
neufuse Veteran Posted December 26, 2014 Veteran Share Posted December 26, 2014 Why don't we ask people who live there how they pronounce it? I'd say they would know Anyways... I always thought it was Is-re (long e)-ale at lease that's how everyone around me always said it, but on tv they always call it Is-ry-al Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696458 Share on other sites More sharing options...
xendrome Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Why don't we ask people who live there how they pronounce it? I'd say they would know Pronunciation is sometimes messed up when switching languages so it may not translate properly. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696464 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabe84 Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Whenever I have doubts regarding pronunciation I go to Oxford Dictionaries, there you get both the sound and the IPA of the words. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/israel?q=Israel Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696466 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick H. Supervisor Posted December 26, 2014 Supervisor Share Posted December 26, 2014 Why don't we ask people who live there how they pronounce it? I'd say they would know I would normally agree, but that wouldn't work with Switzerland. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696478 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Elevation Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Having listened to too many carols recently, I'm puzzled about the correct pronunciation of "Israel" British people usually call it is-ray-ell, but some Americans seem to prefer is-rye-ell Does anyone have any insight into this? How do the people who live in that country pronounce its name? Merry Christmas to all James Cherrill You can find pronounciation here: http://inogolo.com/pronunciation/d237/Israel Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696498 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kazama Levi Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Is-rah-ell I would normally agree, but that wouldn't work with Switzerland. Ah yes, the Swiss... their https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swiss_German''>Schwyzerd Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696502 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 26, 2014 MVC Share Posted December 26, 2014 Is-Re-ill Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696504 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Let's not go with American pronunciations... The times I have heard "Eye-rack" and " Ay-rab" have made my flesh crawl. It's "iz-rail" Alera 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696508 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pupik Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Let's not go with American pronunciations... The times I have heard "Eye-rack" and " Ay-rab" have made my flesh crawl. It's "iz-rail" That's the Russian pronunciation. The s doesn't sound like z in Israel. It's Ees-ra-el. Is-rael. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696518 Share on other sites More sharing options...
devobitch Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Japan is pronounced Japan in the US but Japanese dont use the word Japan they call it Nipon Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696528 Share on other sites More sharing options...
GotBored Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 When you want the proper English pronunciation go with the English (British) version, not US. Alera and The Evil Overlord 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696538 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 I see it as half s and half z +E.Worm Jimmy 1 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696570 Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDT Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Iz-rael here. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696586 Share on other sites More sharing options...
linsook Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 http://www.forvo.com/word/israel/#en i like using forvo. http://www.forvo.com/search/israel/en/ they also sort it by the language used when pronouncing. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696620 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Izrail. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696634 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arachno 1D Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Potato The Evil Overlord and +Raze 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696662 Share on other sites More sharing options...
+E.Worm Jimmy Subscriber¹ Posted December 26, 2014 Subscriber¹ Share Posted December 26, 2014 That's the Russian pronunciation. The s doesn't sound like z in Israel. It's Ees-ra-el. Is-rael. no it is not. russian is: iz-ra'-eel what Nik L posted is is the official English pronunciation as per world English. http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/israel?q=Israel iz'-rail as pointed out before me. cannot go more correct than that. Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696664 Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBinder Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Is It Real (Isreal) Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696666 Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 "that place over there" Texas I don't know, aren't there a lot of ultra-religious Christians in Texas? Israel is probably one of the only other countries on the planet they care about enough to know what and where it is. I've always pronounced it Is-rail. Is-reel doesn't sound right somehow. German words get the worst treatment, I think. Porsche, Braun, Neanderthal, Deutsche, & Adidas are the ones that cop it the worst. Porsche -> porsch Braun -> brawn Neanderthal ->neanderthall Deutsche -> doytsch Adidas -> adeedus It should be: Porsche -> Por-scha Braun -> brown Neanderthal -> nay-ander-tall Deutsche -> doytsch-a Adidas -> adi-das T3X4S and +E.Worm Jimmy 2 Share Link to comment https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1241192-how-to-pronounce-israel/#findComment-596696676 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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