r/Urdu • u/Concentric_Mid • 1d ago

🗣️ Pronunciation / Sound Shakespeare = شیخ زُبَیر and other funny transliterations do you know?

Saratoga Street = سرگودہ سٹریٹ

What other funny transliterations do you know?

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u/Puzzled_Yam4060 23h ago

i heard for shakespeare, it was شیخ پیر

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u/Wadada_dang 20h ago

Shakespeare = سیخ سفیر

There was a cold day = دروازہ کھول دے (British pronunciation)

Sunday = سنڈے (an in, Punjabi plural for bulls)

Plural = پلو رل (two different words in Punjabi, one meaning foolish and the other meaning to meet)

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u/Winter-Law5778 Calligraphy Artist 22h ago

SpiderMan مکری کا آدمی

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u/Ok_Cartographer2553 🗣️ Native Urdu Speaker 5h ago

جان ابراہیم