Batman Beyond: "Out of the Past" ...Ra's, Not Raz.

An excerpt clip I made from the DC animated cartoon Batman Beyond. The Episode "Out of The Past". Sequel series to "Batman: The Animated Series".

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Talia comes to visit an aged Bruce Wayne to wish him Happy Birthday, and meets up with Terry Mcginnis, the new Batman, who seems to know all about her father, Ra's Al Ghul... Except for one thing.

I simply made this clip because too many people (including the entirety of the cast from Batman Begins) keep getting it wrong.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Batman
• Batman Beyond
• Ra's Al Ghul
• Talia Al Ghul

[LordMortis315]

Someone send this to Christopher Nolan.

[DktorChoas]

something no one ever told nolan

[lookielouE1705]

@COMICFILMEXPERT Intentional fallacy. When an author mispronounces a phrase he doesn't change its pronunciation. Dennis O'Neill has no more authority to define the pronunciation as "Raysh" than Frank Miller would have had to mispronounce "dark" as "dork" in "The Dark Knight," had he not known how the word "dark" is actually pronounced.

And it should go without saying that it doesn't matter which series used what pronunciation, or what fans grew up on, or what you give a damn about.

[mmalovr57]

to say that i approve of this video is understated

[COMICFILMEXPERT]

Fuck all the linguist nonsense.

I'll break it down for you.

Dennis O'Neill created Ra's Al Ghul. He pronounces it 'Raysh.'

"Batman: The Animated Series" is better than "Batman Begins." They used 'Raysh.'

Do I give a damn about linguistic accuracy? Fuck no. 'Raysh' is what Batman fans grew up on.

It's 'Raysh.'

End of discussion.

[TheJokezOnYou]

I am sure every linguist cringed at this.

[EdwardNygma1]

@HeadBangerAust I knew it!

[EdwardNygma1]

@DktorChoas lol.

[SRagy]

I'm a native Arabic speaker and can verify that the Arabic from which it is derived, is closer in pronunciation to raz than raysh.

To be more accurate though, you need a glottal stop, which is what an apostrophe often denotes in transliteration from Arabic. Furthermore, it's not a 'z' sound at the end, but rather an 's' sound.

[HeadBangerAust]

God damn it! It's Raz! Raz Al Ghul is Arabic for Head Of The Demon and my best pal is Muslim and he says that what it means and that it's pronounced Raz like in Batman Begins

[codafett]

I like saying Raj instead of Rage