Can You Use the Word in a Sentence Please? 05/11/2010
According to ABC's news blog The World Newser there are 112 different ways to spell Muammar al-Gaddafi in English:
Because of the difficulty translating Arabic to English, there are several different translations -- the Library of Congress lists 72 alternate spellings, and the New York times, Associated Press and Xinhua news sources used 40 additional spellings between 1998 and 2008.
Qaddafi, Muammar
Al-Gathafi, Muammar
al-Qadhafi, Muammar
Al Qathafi, Mu'ammar
Al Qathafi, Muammar
El Gaddafi, Moamar
El Kadhafi, Moammar Gadafi, Muammar
Gaddafi, Moamar
Gadhafi, Mo'ammar
Gathafi, Muammar
[...]
See the full list here. For what it's worth the Libyan President's personal website uses the "Muammar al-Gathafi" spelling. We should all just agree to avoid the mess that is transliteration and call him "The Colonel."
Because of the difficulty translating Arabic to English, there are several different translations -- the Library of Congress lists 72 alternate spellings, and the New York times, Associated Press and Xinhua news sources used 40 additional spellings between 1998 and 2008.
Qaddafi, Muammar
Al-Gathafi, Muammar
al-Qadhafi, Muammar
Al Qathafi, Mu'ammar
Al Qathafi, Muammar
El Gaddafi, Moamar
El Kadhafi, Moammar Gadafi, Muammar
Gaddafi, Moamar
Gadhafi, Mo'ammar
Gathafi, Muammar
[...]
See the full list here. For what it's worth the Libyan President's personal website uses the "Muammar al-Gathafi" spelling. We should all just agree to avoid the mess that is transliteration and call him "The Colonel."
Comments
jon
05/13/2010 07:16
abc should also learn the difference between translation and transliteration
Evan
05/13/2010 09:29
It is ABC. I'm exactly sure what a "newser" is either.
Joe
05/14/2010 09:22
Jon clearly has a dictator crush on Qaddafi
Jon
05/15/2010 05:08
I do have a Qaddafi crush, but it's fair to say that Evan has me beat
Evan
05/15/2010 06:17
I call it glowing admiration.
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