Friday, February 25, 2011

About That Name Gadhafi, Khaddafi, Qaddafi, Ghaddafy, Kadhafi....

From Freedom's Lighthouse:

About that Name Gadhafi, Khaddafi, Qaddafi, Ghaddafy, Kadhafi . . . . .from Freedom's Lighthouse by Brian




Have you been wondering why you see Libyan Dictator Moammar Gadhafi’s name spelled differently in virtually every article you see or on every network you watch? That’s because no one really knows how to spell it thanks to the difficulty of translating from the Arabic.



An ABC News Blog post from September of 2009 lists 112 ways Gadhafi’s name has been spelled! We have chosen “Gadhafi” and are sticking with it

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