AIR-REE-TREE-UH
is a common incorrect pronunciation of
EH-REE-THRAH
alternatively
EH-REE-THREE-YAH
a country in North East Africa.
compare video and audio below to hear the difference
Homecoming
Coming home to my motherland and myself: perspectives on identity, culture and self-preservation as a diaspora Eritrean
I was talking to a man from there. I thought he didn’t say “air-i-TRAY-yuh” but instead only three syllables with accent on the middle. I didn’t catch the “th” sound. Thanks. Colonialism displaying itself in “how-to-pronounce” videos. Racism is always casual, always informal, always “why bother?”
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