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So then I go “well what time is it over there?”

Take a nap, my friends. We aren’t watching today.

Assad has talked about this and he mentioned that he doesn’t care too much about how it’s pronounced. iirc he mentioned it’s because there are two ways that people typically pronounce his name, and they’re both correct.

The “As-saad” pronunciation is the most common, and it’s also the original Arabic pronunciation.

However, there’s also the “Ahs-sud” pronunciation which is the one Assad’s mentioned his family/friends use. This one is more common with Desis and not as commonly used. (Also, not all Desis use this pronunciation)

This phenomenon isn’t uncommon, you’ll find similar differences with names like Hassan (“Has-aan” vs. “Huh-sun”) (This was the example Assad used as well), Malik (“Maa-lik” vs. “Mal-ik”), or, not the same case but a similar one with the name Rashid (“Raa-shed” vs. “Ra-sheed”) (the latter two examples being alternately used in IWTV as well).