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Jeff In Milwaukee

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Tue May-17-05 06:36 AM
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WTF?

Here's what I don't get about this whole Newsweek retraction thing.

When did the Koran become the Qur'an? Does this mean that my uncle is now a Qur'ean War veteran?

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Maddy McCall

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Tue May-17-05 06:39 AM
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1. You're joking. Right?

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purr

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Tue May-17-05 06:42 AM
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2. I think so..

:shrug:

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Jeff In Milwaukee

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Tue May-17-05 08:27 AM
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6. Just a little...

But while we're on the subject, when did Peking suddenly become Beijing? And when did Hostess Ding Dongs become "King Dons" and when did the pronunciation of the planet Uranus stop sounding like "Your Anus?"

Are there a series of secret votes to which I'm not privvy?

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matcom

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Tue May-17-05 06:44 AM
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3. WTF???

indeed :eyes:

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billyskank

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Tue May-17-05 07:26 AM
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4. Well, when I was a kid here in Britain

it was always spelled Qu'ran. And "Muslims" was spelled "Moslems." I guess you guys have always spelled it the other way, and since then we adopted your spelling too.

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tjwmason

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Tue May-17-05 07:34 AM
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5. It's aLways been both

Just Like mosLem vs. musLim. It's mostLy a question of taste about the transLiteration of the Arabic.

PersonaLLy I prefer Qur'an, first because it has the ' in the middLe which clearly indicates that the r beLongs to the former syLLabLe rather than the Latter; and secondLy because it Leads one more naturaLLy to a semi-decent pronunciation of "Qur" which is very different to "Kor".

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underpants

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Tue May-17-05 08:29 AM
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7. No one could agree on how to spell Kahadfi back in the 80's

Quadafy
Khadafy
Quaddafi

etc.

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Jeff In Milwaukee

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Tue May-17-05 10:29 AM
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8. Like asking the guy would have ben totally out of the question...

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BlueIris

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Tue May-17-05 10:37 AM
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9. Suggestion:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0618226478/qid=1116344067/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/002-1493372-5359267?v=glance&s=books&n=507846>This might help clear up some of the confusion.

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progmom

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Tue May-17-05 10:42 AM
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10. it's been the Qur'an for a long time.

:shrug:

when did New Amsterdam become New York????

when did Brooklijn become Brooklyn?

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