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| Muertos | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 23:00 |
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 Paid Disinformation Blogger Level: 14 CS Original | What is the correct spelling of bin Laden's first name? Discuss. | |||||
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| Edward L Winston | Posted: Apr 07, 2010 - 23:50 |
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 President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho: porn star and five-time ultimate smackdown wrestling champion! Level: 150 CS Original | This was already settled. Usama is the best spelling, but Osama matches the SM transliteration scheme. For my arabic transliteration I typically use Qalam, but most books use Buckwalter or Qalam, or DIN. The media in the US uses SM, so while Osama looks strange, even to me, it's not "wrong". Vowels in arabic change rapidly from dialect to dialect. All explained here: http://conspiracyscience.com/forums/topic/zarathustra-peterjoseph-speaks#post-4256</p> and http://conspiracyscience.com/forums/topic/zarathustra-peterjoseph-speaks#post-4260</p> and expanded upon here http://conspiracyscience.com/forums/topic/zarathustra-peterjoseph-speaks/page/2#post-4262 | |||||
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