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Re: Osama or Usama?

To: Jeremy Mixer <mixer@zoso.net>, <boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org>
Subject: Re: Osama or Usama?
From: Larry Weil <kc1ih@mediaone.net>
Date: Mon, 08 Oct 2001 15:27:06 -0400
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33.0110080132270.4590-100000@zoso.net>
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At 01:36 AM 10/8/01 +0000, Jeremy Mixer wrote:

>  Every news agency from the best of my knowledge
>spells Osama bin Laden just as I typed it. However, foxnews.com seems to
>insist on spelling it Usama bin Laden. Are both correct, or is foxnews on
>crack?

 From what I've heard, since it's not an English name, any spelling in 
English is just a transliteration.
---
Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH

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- Osama or Usama?
  - From: Jeremy Mixer <mixer@zoso.net>

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