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Stupid question: how do you prounce Umm Suqeim?

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 16:38

And is that the correct spelling for the area along the beach north of the Palm? I keep seeing it spelt different ways and I have no idea how to pronouce it correctly *blush*.

Am sure I'm making a fool of myself as I talk to schools :-/

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 19:49

now sue62, you could not figure out She lol

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 19:48

prounce Umm Suqeim? The word Prounce means, a 'kind of jacket worn by elves at christmas' not sure what prounce and Umm Suqeim have in common, other than a sick jacket at Christmas?????????????????? so, [b'>whe[/b'> wants to know what that means??????????????????????? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm whe ???

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 19:41

prounce Umm Suqeim? The word Prounce means, a 'kind of jacket worn by elves at christmas' not sure what prounce and Umm Suqeim have in common, other than a sick jacket at Christmas?????????????????? so, whe wants to know what that means??????????????????????? hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 11:52

I read somewhere (and have nothing to back this up) that Umm Seqiem means Mother of Sickness. That's right. In the good old days, all the sick people living in Dubai were "banished" to the far away of land of Um Suqeim so as not to spread illness to the rest of the population! Well, that explains all the ghosts and spirits then. How interesting!

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 10:29

Oooom Suh Keem I hope :D

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 09:02

There's one on the way to Sharjah - can't quite remember what it is...Umm something. anyway DH says it means mother's boob! Or mother of boobs...or something. It means 'breast' in some way... Tee hee :)

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 08:57

I read somewhere (and have nothing to back this up) that Umm Seqiem means Mother of Sickness. That's right. In the good old days, all the sick people living in Dubai were "banished" to the far away of land of Um Suqeim so as not to spread illness to the rest of the population!

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 08:54

In Arabic it's 'Oom' as in 'book' and 's'Qeem' - the 'q' noise is not a sift 'q' like 'queen', it's a noise I can't describe in writing lol. You sort of touch the back of your tongue to the roof of your mouth to do it... For non Arabic speakers 'Oom suh-keem' is fine :) Oh yeah and Mad-een-aht (soft 't') - not Mad-in-AT! Arabic is HARD but it is a nice language IMO - if you listen to some of the poetry being read, it really is lovely.

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 08:53

I read somewhere (and have nothing to back this up) that Umm Seqiem means Mother of Sickness. so are our CDs wrong ? lol

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 08:27

I read somewhere (and have nothing to back this up) that Umm Seqiem means Mother of Sickness.

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 08:25

on our Arabic CDs Umm means mother and is pronounced UM.. can an Arabic speaker please explain ? is it a different Umm ??

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 01:03

I feel embarrassed about the fact that every time I ordered a taxi to the Madinat I pronounced it MAD IT NAT but apparently it's pronounced ME DEE NA! Huge, HUGE pet peeve of mine. Glad you corrected it ;) Ma/deen/att - and yes, Abbyboot is correct - Oom Sa-keem

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Latest post on 11 February 2011 - 00:59

Sanddy_Dogg replied : I thought it was pronounced "Near Burj Al Arab" LOL I feel embarrassed about the fact that every time I ordered a taxi to the Madinat I pronounced it MAD IT NAT but apparently it's pronounced ME DEE NA! Oh boy! There's more? I probably would have pronounced that one the same as you too!

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 21:11

I feel embarrassed about the fact that every time I ordered a taxi to the Madinat I pronounced it MAD IT NAT but apparently it's pronounced ME DEE NA!

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 21:05

I thought it was pronounced "Near Burj Al Arab" Yep that's it :D

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 20:54

I thought it was pronounced "Near Burj Al Arab"

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 20:37

I was told: um succumb (?!)

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 20:26

just asked hubby and neither of us have ever heard it pronounced oom yet.. love the way my sat nav says it... you em em sakeem street.. clearly i'm wrong saying umm sakeem lol

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 18:14

The Q is prounced as in Qatar, a deep gutteral Letter from the back of the throat, no Q sounds at all. Listen to this http://www.forvo.com/word/al_q'ala/

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 17:41

oom (oo as in book) suh-keem

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 17:12

Guys...trust me...it's oom sakeeem say that exactly and you'll be fine!

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 17:06

I've no idea. I've had the same problem since I've been here. Is the "Um" pronounced as in "up" or - erme - differently?

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 17:03

Yes, alphabets are different so it's phonetic. You'll see a sign for somewhere then 500m up the road there'll be a sign for the same place, but spelt differently. There's a place near me called Omar Laundry. Directly under that sign board is another one saying Umar Laundry. Same same. But different.

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 16:51

Oh gosh! I have been saying it soooo wrong! I HATE that! Now I'm sure I must be saying other things wrong too, LOL. What a yokel! Why is it that so many areas are never spelt consistently over there? Is it because the Arabic alphabet does not transfer to English directly? Such a fascinating land. I can't wait to get over there.

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 16:47

Hahahaha, I'm sure the variations for pronunciation and spelling will keep rolling in. Different horses so to speak! SH

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 16:46

Hi BMAP, it's pronounced Um See Keem and spelt...many different ways :-). I spell it Umm Sequimm though but this may be wrong! SH <em>edited by sleepyhead on 10/02/2011</em>

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Latest post on 10 February 2011 - 16:45

I say the Suqeim bit like sequin but with a M at the end not a N The Umm I say with a oo sound like in look and book oom but not long like goose

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Ooooom Sakeeeeem

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