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What is the correct pronunciation of “Nebuchadnezzar”? It’s a conundrum that provides one of the earliest laughs in Isabelle Farah’s promising new comedy hour, named after the infamous Babylonian ruler. Farah landed on “neh-byuh-kuhd-nih-zaar” when she first read his name in a book. However, she tells The New Arab, “There’s always someone in the audience — normally an old white man — who says, ‘I think it’s actually ‘neh-byuh-kuhd-neh-zuh,’ and you’re like, why? Were you there? Did you hear it?” It is with that defiant approach that the British-Lebanese actor, writer, and comedian will take Ed…

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