Why is a Chinese company called Alibaba?

[HappyRider]

Is there a connection to the One Thousand and One Nights somewhere?

[Lowexpectations]

It's under history

Alibaba Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Cruzincat]

Funny, since most people in China probably cannot pronounce it properly!

[MrWillys]

Great, another thread to promote bigotry.

[HappyRider]

Originally Posted by MrWillys

Great, another thread to promote bigotry.

If I say you can't pronounce "kh" properly, am I a bigot?

[pennyone]

Originally Posted by Cruzincat

Funny, since most people in China probably cannot pronounce it properly!

They can do it perfectly. Chinese is a monosyllabic language, and so it is "Ah Li Ba Ba", which is a pretty straightforward set of sounds.

[Abulina]

Ali baba is an arabic name for a story about a man and 40 thieves.

[vision33r]

It's Americans that can't pronounce Alibaba properly and 90% never heard of it until the IPO.

[ccm123]

"ah ri ba ba"

Originally Posted by pennyone

they can do it perfectly. Chinese is a monosyllabic language, and so it is "ah li ba ba", which is a pretty straightforward set of sounds.

[pennyone]

Originally Posted by ccm123

"ah ri ba ba"

Always a clown in every crowd.