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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 833771" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I don't claim to know Osama from Usama but I do know that the arabic alphabet has 28 characters, ours has 26 and neither comes with a decoder ring...</p><p> </p><p><strong><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2057710/" target="_blank">How Do You Spell "Osama"?</a></strong> - Slate</p><p> </p><p><em>A variety of systems exist to Romanize Arabic letters and words, but there is no dominant one. The International Journal of Middle East Studies offers one system, the Library of Congress a slightly different one. And not all publications consistently follow one system, either. Historical tradition for a particular place or name can win out, and so can personal preference. Or the ad hoc spelling established by the Associated Press or the New York Times can become the standard. If an Arab attains fame in the West, academics and specialists will usually yield to the spelling popularized by journalists. For example, the IJMES transliteration of the al-Qaida leader would be "Usama ibn Ladin," but the journal will probably use "Osama bin Laden" in the future. Call it the tyranny of citation. </em></p><p> </p><p>Aljazeera has some interesting opinion pieces about Bin Laden's death: <a href="http://aljazeera.com/" target="_blank">http://aljazeera.com/</a> They spell it Osama btw.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 833771, member: 1"] I don't claim to know Osama from Usama but I do know that the arabic alphabet has 28 characters, ours has 26 and neither comes with a decoder ring... [B][URL="http://www.slate.com/id/2057710/"]How Do You Spell "Osama"?[/URL][/B] - Slate [I]A variety of systems exist to Romanize Arabic letters and words, but there is no dominant one. The International Journal of Middle East Studies offers one system, the Library of Congress a slightly different one. And not all publications consistently follow one system, either. Historical tradition for a particular place or name can win out, and so can personal preference. Or the ad hoc spelling established by the Associated Press or the New York Times can become the standard. If an Arab attains fame in the West, academics and specialists will usually yield to the spelling popularized by journalists. For example, the IJMES transliteration of the al-Qaida leader would be "Usama ibn Ladin," but the journal will probably use "Osama bin Laden" in the future. Call it the tyranny of citation. [/I] Aljazeera has some interesting opinion pieces about Bin Laden's death: [URL]http://aljazeera.com/[/URL] They spell it Osama btw. [/QUOTE]
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