Wrong Title


The title of the movie should be " Wajda " I don't get the extra "d" !

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I don't get the extra "t" on "tittle" either!

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Without the extra t it becomes title.



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I believe it has to do with the transcription of Arabic characters. "dj" is probably a syllable with its own character in Arabic, though mine is a bit rusty so someone else can confirm.

Edit: Okay so the Arabic for Wadjda is 'وجدة‎'. The 'ج' in that is djeem, so that's where that comes from.

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This kind of thing is pretty common when people try to translate sounds that don't appear in English phonetically. It's probably a bit like spelling pizza p-e-e-t-z-a.

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That is how the name is spelt and pronounced, Wodge dah,



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