From: "Joseph Adi" <fayadi-AT-mediaone.net>
Subject: Re: Firdaus:Woman at Point Zero
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 11:09:42 -0400


Fir-daws (daws as in house) is the correct way to say Firdaus. The "s"
definitely needs to be pronounced, especially if you mean to emphasize  the
complexities of the religious references to paradise. There is no "h" sound
at all.

--Mona
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Date: Sunday, April 09, 2000 3:05 PM
Subject: Firdaus:Woman at Point Zero


>Greetings List members:
>A silly question: I'm teaching Saadawi's novel "Woman at Point Zero" and
I've
>gotten into a bit of a debate with a colleague over the pronunciation of
>Firdaus the name of the protagonist. I had been lead to believe that it's
>pronounced "Fhiirdus." He insists that the final "s" is silent and that it
>should be pronounced "Fhirdaw." So which is the correct pronunciation..?
>
>JC
>
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