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Antisocial Malkavian
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.03 22:29:00 -
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I have an odd question and given this is an international forum, maybe someone can answer this and explain this to me.
"Osama bin Laden"
he dies
"Usama bin Laden"
I dont understand why it changed.
Also NO political related talk, this about the guy's name, nothing else. I'm a little tea pot, short and stout... this is my handle, SMASH THE TEA POT, IT'S EVIL! IT DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE DIE! DIE! DIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!-á "When a Malkavian speaks, listen. When a Malkavian acts, leave. When two Malkavians gather, run." Ah,Word Eater. I kne |
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Hulkageddon Orphanage
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Posted - 2012.05.03 22:56:00 -
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U as in eUthanized |
TWHC Assistant
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Posted - 2012.05.03 23:02:00 -
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Because Usa nuked his ass.
Pic
Out of curiosity did I Google for it... It is how he spelled himself apparently. |
Copine Callmeknau
Kangaroos With Frickin Lazerbeams Ninja Unicorns with Huge Horns
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Posted - 2012.05.03 23:12:00 -
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Guess that happens when you translate back and forth from arabic a few times There should be a rather awesome pic here |
Antisocial Malkavian
Federal Navy Academy Gallente Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.03 23:28:00 -
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TWHC Assistant wrote:Because Usa nuked his ass. PicOut of curiosity did I Google for it... It is how he spelled himself apparently.
Weird, we call him one for ten years, they kill him, someone finally finds a signed paper, the name changes lol
Cmon, noone found anything he'd signed in ten years? I'm a little tea pot, short and stout... this is my handle, SMASH THE TEA POT, IT'S EVIL! IT DOESN'T DESERVE TO LIVE DIE! DIE! DIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEE!-á "When a Malkavian speaks, listen. When a Malkavian acts, leave. When two Malkavians gather, run." Ah,Word Eater. I kne |
TWHC Assistant
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Posted - 2012.05.03 23:41:00 -
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Antisocial Malkavian wrote:TWHC Assistant wrote:Because Usa nuked his ass. PicOut of curiosity did I Google for it... It is how he spelled himself apparently. Weird, we call him one for ten years, they kill him, someone finally finds a signed paper, the name changes lol Cmon, noone found anything he'd signed in ten years? When you Google for it will you find out that the FBI always called him Usama. Only the press called him Osama. No one then cared about how to spell his name right, everyone wanted to kill him right. |
Bane Necran
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Posted - 2012.05.04 02:06:00 -
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They change the spelling of Al Qaeda now and then too. I think it's to keep it feeling mysterious. "It's no use crying over spilt milk, because all the forces of the universe were bent on spilling it." ~William Maugham |
Degren
Red Federation RvB - RED Federation
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Posted - 2012.05.04 04:37:00 -
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Because it's hard to anglicize/put-into-roman-characters a language like Pashtu. Also, there are about 16 widely-spoken languages in the region including Arabic, Azerbaijani, Farsi, Pashtu (sometimes spelled Pashto, heh), Urdu, Turkish, Dari and various dialects of each. It depends on what language you translate from, who the reporter is etc.
Hell, even now that Chinese has Pinyin (roman characters to properly pronounce it) people still spell **** like Beijing as Peking and the old anglicization (not a real word) for other cities/places/words still make their ways into newspapers, etc...which is extra funny, since it's mostly based off Cantonese (Chinese has a hilariously large number of dialects, Mandarin is the standard now)
Osama's name is pronounced differently based on which language you say it in, and in Pashtu its not quite Oh-sama *or* OOsama, but more like Ouw-sama. Edit: Haha, I should say that's how I learned it, even that isn't completely accurate across all Pashtu speakers.
TL;DR: There is no overall guide to anglicizing most middle eastern languages...or really, most non-euro languages. . |
Karma
Vortex Incorporated
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Posted - 2012.05.04 09:50:00 -
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U and O. Ultima Online! Everyone vs. Everyone Online
"The universe is made of stories, not atoms" |
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