How many different ways does the media spell "Hezbollah"?

[Egalitariat]

I've seen 3 different ways in the last 10 minutes flipping through the channels:

Hezbollah
Hizbollah
Hezbullah

I'd like to offer up "Hezbowler" as if JFK was saying it.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. Makes you wonder how they can make any sense of the whole mess

when they can't even get past the spelling.

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. Newclueleer..... nukyoulear..... I will nukeyou if you leer... No Clue

here... Nowclearyerear.... I've heard many versions of many words that stifle and amaze me.

[Kutjara]

3. Another alternative is Hezb-Allah,

which seems to me a better translation of "Party of Allah" than the other alternatives.

[bemildred]

4. Transliteration of arabic is not a well-defined thing.

Varied spellings are the norm.

[SlipperySlope]

5. There is no single standard for converting Arabic into Roman text

All of these spellings are "right", since there is no single standard for converting Arabic into English.

Here is an article on the problem:
http://www.al-bab.com/arab/language/roman1.htm

[AlamoDemoc]

6. I think the correct translation is:

HIZB=Party Allah=God hence Hizballah

[Jackpine Radical]

7. There are nine-and-ninety ways

of constructing tribal lays---
And every. Single. One. is right.