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Finbar Donating Member (203 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-04 08:41 AM
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Fox News vs. Everybody else @ Bin Laden

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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-04 08:43 AM
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1. Richard Clarke used "Usama" also in his book...
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 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-04 09:07 AM
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2. Some say OSA.. some say USA..
I think its USAma. ;-)
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Mistress Quickly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-04 09:07 AM
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3. My understanding
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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truthspeaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-04 09:08 AM
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4. and Arabic is hard to spell phonetically in English
It uses different vowels and consonant sounds.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Apr-15-04 09:14 AM
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5. FAUX News: Putting the USA back in Usama!
n/t
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