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How Many Different Ways Can You Spell ‘Gaddafi’? At least 112 |
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This article is a couple of years old, there may be newer spellings. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2009/09/how-many-different-ways-can-you-spell-gaddafi/Sep 22, 2009 7:03pm How Many Different Ways Can You Spell ‘Gaddafi’? Libyan leader Moammar Gaddafi has been in the headlines a lot this week — he's visiting the U.S. for the first time since he took power 40 years ago, and his arrival is not without controversy. But politics aside, we've come across a list of the many different English spellings of Gaddafi's name. Because of the difficulty translating Arabic to English, there are several different translations — the Library of Congress lists 72 alternate spellings, and the New York times, Associated Press and Xinhua news sources used 40 additional spellings between 1998 and 2008. We've posted all 112 of them below… Qaddafi, Muammar Al-Gathafi, Muammar al-Qadhafi, Muammar Al Qathafi, Mu'ammar Al Qathafi, Muammar El Gaddafi, Moamar El Kadhafi, Moammar El Kazzafi, Moamer El Qathafi, Mu'Ammar Gadafi, Muammar Gaddafi, Moamar Gadhafi, Mo'ammar Gathafi, Muammar Ghadafi, Muammar Ghaddafi, Muammar Ghaddafy, Muammar Gheddafi, Muammar Gheddafi, Muhammar Kadaffi, Momar Kad'afi, Mu`amar al- 20 Kaddafi, Muamar Kaddafi, Muammar Kadhafi, Moammar Kadhafi, Mouammar Kazzafi, Moammar Khadafy, Moammar Khaddafi, Muammar Moamar al-Gaddafi Moamar el Gaddafi Moamar El Kadhafi Moamar Gaddafi Moamer El Kazzafi Mo'ammar el-Gadhafi Moammar El Kadhafi Mo'ammar Gadhafi Moammar Kadhafi Moammar Khadafy Moammar Qudhafi Mu`amar al-Kad'afi Mu'amar al-Kadafi Muamar Al-Kaddafi Muamar Kaddafi Muamer Gadafi Muammar Al-Gathafi Muammar al-Khaddafi Mu'ammar al-Qadafi Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi Muammar al-Qadhafi Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi Mu`ammar al-Qadhdhāfī 50 Mu'ammar Al Qathafi Muammar Al Qathafi Muammar Gadafi Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Ghadafi Muammar Ghaddafi Muammar Ghaddafy Muammar Gheddafi Muammar Kaddafi Muammar Khaddafi Mu'ammar Qadafi Muammar Qaddafi Muammar Qadhafi Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi Muammar Quathafi Mulazim Awwal Mu'ammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi Qadafi, Mu'ammar Qadhafi, Muammar Qadhdhāfī, Mu`ammar Qathafi, Mu'Ammar el 70 Quathafi, Muammar Qudhafi, Moammar Moamar AI Kadafi Maummar Gaddafi Moamar Gadhafi Moamer Gaddafi Moamer Kadhafi Moamma Gaddafi Moammar Gaddafi Moammar Gadhafi Moammar Ghadafi Moammar Khadaffy Moammar Khaddafi Moammar el Gadhafi Moammer Gaddafi Mouammer al Gaddafi Muamar Gaddafi Muammar Al Ghaddafi Muammar Al Qaddafi Muammar Al Qaddafi Muammar El Qaddafi Muammar Gadaffi Muammar Gadafy Muammar Gaddhafi Muammar Gadhafi Muammar Ghadaffi Muammar Qadthafi Muammar al Gaddafi Muammar el Gaddafy Muammar el Gaddafi Muammar el Qaddafi Muammer Gadaffi Muammer Gaddafi Mummar Gaddafi Omar Al Qathafi Omar Mouammer Al Gaddafi Omar Muammar Al Ghaddafi Omar Muammar Al Qaddafi Omar Muammar Al Qathafi Omar Muammar Gaddafi Omar Muammar Ghaddafi Omar al Ghaddafi
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Thu Oct-20-11 01:25 PM
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2. Maybe that's why it took so long to get him? Can you imagine looking through the white pages? |
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