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elemis

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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #15 on: April 02, 2011, 02:12:58 pm »
Why does The Economist write "Qaddafi"?  :-\

In Arabic it is pronounced Ka-dafi not Gha-dafi.

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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #16 on: April 02, 2011, 03:07:24 pm »
In Arabic it is pronounced Ka-dafi not Gha-dafi.

Q, you mean...? Ah, so the pronunciation makes the difference... but still, cannot change a person's name...  :-\

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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #17 on: April 03, 2011, 06:48:01 am »
Why does The Economist write "Qaddafi"?  :-\

Muammar al-Gaddafi (Arabic: Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi)
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elemis

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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #18 on: April 03, 2011, 07:35:50 am »
Q, you mean...? Ah, so the pronunciation makes the difference... but still, cannot change a person's name...  :-\

No, man. In Arabic his name would be spelt

The first letter after the Al is k

So its pronounced as Kadaffi since it is SPELT as Kadafi.

Gadaffi is an anglicised version.
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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #19 on: April 04, 2011, 06:09:56 pm »
Muammar al-Gaddafi (Arabic: Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi)

And now, why does France24 writes Kaddafi?

Media is set to crush his name...  ::)

No, man. In Arabic his name would be spelt

The first letter after the Al is k

So its pronounced as Kadaffi since it is SPELT as Kadafi.

Gadaffi is an anglicised version.

Image, blocked, woman.

My name isn't pronounced the way it's written... still...

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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #20 on: April 05, 2011, 10:02:02 pm »
And now, why does France24 writes Kaddafi?

Media is set to crush his name...  ::)

Image, blocked, woman.

My name isn't pronounced the way it's written... still...

its just that some ppl think they can mess up with others names   :'( :'(    :P :P

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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #21 on: April 06, 2011, 06:12:19 am »
its just that some ppl think they can mess up with others names   :'( :'(    :P :P


Sense, now.  ::)

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Re: The libyan debacle
« Reply #22 on: April 06, 2011, 11:10:21 pm »
Sense, now.  ::)
lol !!!


by the way howz the libyan thingi going on ??