Finbar
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Thu Apr-15-04 08:41 AM
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Fox News vs. Everybody else @ Bin Laden |
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Has anyone noticd that when Fox refers to Bin Laden he is referred to as "UBL" With a "U" fo first name. But it seems like every other media outlet Speeks his name as "Osama". Is it one of those potatoe potato things?
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Richardo
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Thu Apr-15-04 08:43 AM
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1. Richard Clarke used "Usama" also in his book... |
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Edited on Thu Apr-15-04 08:44 AM by Richardo
...sort of a Khadafi vs Qadafy kind of thing I guess. Representing those gutteral sounds with an English letter can be a beeyotch, but I don't understand the "O" vs "U" difference in usage. :shrug:
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Mika
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Thu Apr-15-04 09:07 AM
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2. Some say OSA.. some say USA.. |
Mistress Quickly
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Thu Apr-15-04 09:07 AM
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is that the translation of Arabic into English is very difficult. Different number of characters, different meanings for the same characters, stuff like that. Whenever you see an Arabic name, it is usually a phonetic spelling in English.
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Thu Apr-15-04 09:08 AM
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4. and Arabic is hard to spell phonetically in English |
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It uses different vowels and consonant sounds.
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Thu Apr-15-04 09:14 AM
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5. FAUX News: Putting the USA back in Usama! |
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