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a kennedy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:16 PM
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What's the difference between Osama, and Usama....
faux is running with the Usama spelling of his name....WTF???
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originalpckelly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:17 PM
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1. So that they can't fuck it up and call the President Osama.
:shrug:
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valerief Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:17 PM
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2. His name is Usama but the US changed it to Osama so that his name wouldn't start
with USA.

That's what I read years ago.
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:18 PM
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3. Because they don't check their stories or spelling before
putting it out on the air.
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Geostudent Donating Member (27 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:18 PM
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4. The FBI Uses Usama
My guess would be that Usama is the official name the FBI uses, while Osama is usually listed as a alias.
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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:19 PM
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5. AFAK, Usama is the correct spelling. May be wrong. That's what I've read several times.
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kudzu22 Donating Member (426 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:21 PM
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7. I think the correct spelling is in Arabic
Anything in Roman characters is a phoenetic translation. Look at how many spellings there are for Gaddhafi, Khadafy, Qaddafi, Atari, whatever his name is.
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dsc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-01-11 10:20 PM
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6. Arabic has no direct translation to English
so we have to sound out the name to the best of our ability. That is why Gaddaffi's name has so many spellings.
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