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10. It sounds close to (but not exactly like) "dosh" when I hear it spoken by those that speak arabic

Mon Sep 22, 2014, 01:09 AM

Sep 2014

a little extended perhaps with a little bit of "a" thrown into the "o", but dosh is the closest phonetically to what I hear.

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The Islamic State Is Upset With The French Government's New Name For Them [View all] applegrove Sep 2014 OP

Gee, that's just too bad for them. NaturalHigh Sep 2014 #1

I was rooting for "Lolly Boys" DJ13 Sep 2014 #2

How to pronounce it, though--"dash", or "day-esh"? TwilightGardener Sep 2014 #3

French people pronounce it "Da- è-ch " mylye2222 Sep 2014 #13

"Daeshbags" it is. nt greyl Sep 2014 #4

Their leader, alBagdadi, was an al qaeda in applegrove Sep 2014 #7

that's some nice bait for dissention edgineered Sep 2014 #6

I think it's the other way round. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #12