BeeR Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 "You say Qaddafi, I say Gadhafi....." Can we please pick a spelling and stick with it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_gop_liars Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 No Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwacked Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Can we please pick a spelling and stick with it? Are you saying you don't like something? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 No k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuke'em ttg Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Al Qaeda was a tough one too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder Chicken Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 the Military's standard transliteration guide to Arab names and places prohibits the use of C, O, P, and E. As far as the nut job from Libya? in Arabic it starts with a Q, but in the Libyan dialect the Q is pronounced like a G. The Arabic spelling of his name transliterated into the standard arabic technical transliteration system is QZAFI. The pronunciation of Q's as G's in Libyan dialect is largely because the Colonial Italians who occupied Libya couldn't pronounce Arabic correctly. All that said, there isn't really a right or wrong way to do it, but I would spell it: Qadhafi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeR Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 the Military's standard transliteration guide to Arab names and places prohibits the use of C, O, P, and E. lol - I'm not surprised Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darin3 Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 Are you saying you don't like something? If BeeR had Facebook, he'd have a "Bah" button. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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