How do you pronounce Peru?

[Laura PourMeADrink]

Commander Cuckoo Bananas just pronounced it "Pay-roo"

[Demeter]

1. Unbelievable. I Think He Does It Intentionally

[no_hypocrisy]

2. Palin calls the country we're occupying Eye-rack.

[sandnsea]

3. pay-roo is correct

Unless he did it in his phony Texas accent.

[Mass]

4. Seems correct to me (In Spanish at least). How would you pronounce it?\nt

[deadmessengers]

5. He's right.

Every Peruvian I've ever known has pronounced it Pay-roo.

[Ozma]

6. He also mangled the name of Citigroup... calling it

Citicorp. Is he nursing a hangover?

[electron_blue]

7. I say "puh-roo", but that's not right. "Pay-roo" is closer to being correct than what I say.

Shouldn't he be rolling the r a little bit, though?

[chieftain]

8. Websters says the correct pronunciation is puh roo. eom

[NYC_SKP]

9. From the lips of a Peruvian or other native speaker of Spanish or Portuguese,

It would be closer to "Peh doo", with a very soft "d", not the hard "r" sound in "roo".

Many americans are incapable of making their mouth make the proper sound so it comes out Pay Roo.

Also, a little more accent on the "roo", not on the "pay".

Practice, you can do it!

Ahh, Peru!

[Kalyke]

11. This is correct.

My father-in-law is Peruvian.

Your written explanation is the best thus far.

:hi:

[cboy4]

12. I don't understand why you're mentioning "doo" in any aspect

of the Spanish word, "Peru."

One would "roll" the "r" but how does that come out as, or even close to "doo?"

[NYC_SKP]

18. The position of the tongue (but not the sound) is similar to the "d" position.

And it is almost but not quite the rolling r sound, again with the tongue touching the front of the palate.

The r sound keeps the tongue back and down.

[calico1]

14. Yes, that is correct. n/t

[David Zephyr]

17. Perfect.

I had the great fortune to live in Peru for several years. And I thank you for the best post here on the subject. I love Peru. I miss Peru.

[cboy4]

10. Yea, technically the moran is mostly correct.

I'd say it's closer to PEH-roo

"Peh" and in Pedicure

[Clio the Leo]

13. You know what I think is funny?

Obama has changed the way we say Pakistan "POK-ee-STON"

and even Chile "Chee-lay"

So why then, in his Youtube address week before last, when he said Australia he said the Americanized version of it and not "oh-SRTAYL-yuh"?

ha ha, he's so cute

[janx]

15. How would he pronounce kangeroo?

:rofl:

[whistle]

16. I would think "Purr-uh"

[Jennicut]

19. Did anyone see his poncho?

[LuckyLib]

20. It's lovely when folks know how pronounce it correctly. The rest, mostly

English speakers, should simply say "Purr-roo" and leave it at that. Chimpy's attempt at authenticity is just another example of his good ole boy BS at work.