How do you pronounce Lovat?

[Haebar]

Is it like Lyle Lovett or is the accent on the second syllable?

[Pugsley]

Rhymes with covet.

[Pugsley]

And if you're confused now, just wait until you've heard all the different ways people pronounce latakia. :)

[mooster]

LOW-vat. There y'all go. Two opinions!

That's the way I've always pronounced it. So it's probably wrong.

[Pugsley]

I must confess. I didn't know the correct pronunciation so I looked it up in the dictionary. Merriam-Webster says it rhymes with covet, but if we followed the rules and conventions we wouldn't be pipe smokers, so I say do what pleases you and to hell with convention. Viva la revolution!

Sorry, got a little carried away there.

[Tony78]

And if you're confused now, just wait until you've heard all the different ways people pronounce latakia. :)

My friend and coworker is Syrian. He pronounces the city of Latakia as lah-tuh-key-uh so it sort of sounds like lotta-keya when he says it.

[BryGuySC]

My friend and coworker is Syrian. He pronounces the city of Latakia as lah-tuh-key-uh so it sort of sounds like lotta-keya when he says it.

That is pretty spot on. I actually lived my teenage years in Cyprus as a missionary kid.
My only addition would be that the emphasis is on the "key." (Lahttah-KEY-uh)

[Emperor Zurg]

I covet your lovat

[MrMotoyoshi]

Do not want to think about this every time I smoke my pipe

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