'nangreave' as a word?!

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Mehrgan

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Hi there,
I was just watching an interview from Roger Waters in which he's talking about how an evolution has taken place in one of his albums...in part of his speech he says:

...in the intervening years since 1979 I've realised that this can be seen as a (/nʌnəgri:v/ or /nɒngri:v/) for the way that nations and religions and contrasting political ideologies still live with each other...

Would anyone please tell me what that word could possibly be?




Many thanks!
 

Raymott

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Are you sure it wasn't "an angreave"?
Of course, I have no idea what that might mean either. :shock: But it might suggest something else to someone.
 

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I'm really confused! It might be what you suggested but I have no idea what it means... :(
 

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The words seem to be an allegory (in BrE pronunciation.)
 
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It's clearly "an allegory". Thanks for the glimpse of BBC Persian, Merhgan, it was a first for me.
 

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You're welcome, and many thanks for the reply dear bhaisahab. :)
 
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