Why do some ppl pronounce Arab "AYE-RAB"

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I don't think people think about it too much to even care.

 

[Rev Leon Lonnie Love]

always thought its Ah-Rub

 

[Windows 91]

It's kinda funny when people say aye-rab. My grandfather calls corner stores "aye-rab stores"

 

[Orbital-Fetus]

Hard R...

 

[FeverPitch2]

It's a slur.
Same as when you say EYE-talian.
Don't believe me?
Call an Middle Eastern person an AYE-rab.

Disclaimer: I don't feel sorry for them.
Their history in the Black community speaks for itself. Asian business owner end to act a donkey more in Black neighborhoods.
But nothing is black and white (no pun intended) there are some Middle Eastern business owners who do form a relationship with the communities they serve.

 

[Crayola Coyote]

Cause Souljaboy says it like that duh

 

[Crayola Coyote]

It's Air-ub, right?

I like Ay-rab better.

THIS. They don’t respect us black folks so f them

 

[RARI_Godwind]

They southern.

 

[Giselle]

It almost sounds like a slur
I always wondered how Arabs felt about it
(I ain't got too much sympathy tho)

It’s the Black American accent. I don’t know any Black American person who doesn’t say Aye-rab, we also say uh-ray-be-in.

There shouldn’t be a problem with someone’s accent. No one else’s accent is deemed racist or ignorant so ours shouldn’t be either

It's a slur.
Same as when you say EYE-talian.
Don't believe me?
Call an Middle Eastern person an AYE-rab.

Disclaimer: I don't feel sorry for them.
Their history in the Black community speaks for itself. Asian business owner end to act a donkey more in Black neighborhoods.
But nothing is black and white (no pun intended) there are some Middle Eastern business owners who do form a relationship with the communities they serve.

It’s not a slur, it’s an accent. & I know many older Black Americans who say eye-talian, they pronounce it like the I in Irish. There are many words we pronounce differently, especially our older generations.

Stop speaking on us when it’s clear you don’t know what you’re talking about.

 

[Formerly Black Trash]

It’s the Black American accent. I don’t know any Black American person who doesn’t say Aye-rab, we also say uh-ray-be-in.

There shouldn’t be a problem with someone’s accent. No one else’s accent is deemed racist or ignorant so ours shouldn’t be either



It’s not a slur, it’s an accent. & I know many older Black Americans who say eye-talian, they pronounce it like the I in Irish. There are many words we pronounce differently, especially our older generations.

Stop speaking on us when it’s clear you don’t know what you’re talking about.

This cap
Lol come on now

And LOL at stop speaking on us
Ma'am I'm from Detroit, ppl do that down here too
But everyone doesn't do it

It's not just an accent

 

[GreenGhxst]

shytty education

 

[White City Black]

Was just some hood shyt when I was a kid

Mind blown when I first heard it pronounced as “air-ab”

 

[Sauce Dab]

 

[O³ (O cubed)]

Eye Raq
Eye Ran
Aye Rab

Those pronunciations always got me heated.

 

[Zero]

Eye Raq
Eye Ran
Aye Rab

Those pronunciations always got me heated.

Not a War Report fan huh