I wonder if it would work.....

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[mythrocks.livejournal.com]

only how you Americans pronounce it. :]

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

how does the rest of the world pronounce it?

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WIN

[mythrocks.livejournal.com]

I can't speak for all the rest of the world, but (judging largely from your news-channels), the common American pronunciation is inaccurate .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(Arabic)

grep for "Saddam" on the page. It's pronounced "Saddaahm". It's more evident from its Arabic spelling.

[mythrocks.livejournal.com]

:] Sorry, I've messed that link up. Try this one (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style_(Arabic)).

[l0stmyrel1g10n.livejournal.com]

er...if i'm reading the pronunciation markings correctly, i think that's pronounced like Sah-dahm...is that how it should be pronounced? that's how i've been saying it anyway...i've heard people pronounce it Sah-dum though.

[mythrocks.livejournal.com]

Ah, then you've had it right all along. :] Sorry. I hope I haven't offended you.
I assumed that you pronounced it "Sah-dum", because that's closer to Sodom, etc. That *is* the most common American pronunciation that I've heard (including from the US President)... But I shouldn't have generalized.

For what it's worth, Arabic is a foreign language for me as well. :]

Cheers.