NationStates Jolt Archive

I say Osama, you say Usama <tap tap tap>. Which is correct?

Glad both those dance lessons finally paid off.l

Osama.
the FBI says Usama, but then again, they kicked chaplin out of the US for doing a movie character who is poor...

Osama.

Osama, Usama whats the difference. It's in arabic, so we're just translating it directly according to how it sounds.

It's just like Jon and John

who gives a f u c k anyway? :D

Just curious as I was corrected in calling him Osama. I was told his abbreviated name is UBL therefore Usama. Thanks...I'll give you all as references.

The American pigs mostly call me Osama, but my friends call me Ossy. ;)

Osama, Usama whats the difference. It's in arabic, so we're just translating it directly according to how it sounds.

It's just like Jon and John

Ding. There's a right and wrong pronounciation, but not a right and wrong spelling.

Just like Mohammed, Muhammed, & Mahomet are equally correct, as with Muslim/moslem. I think they're properly ma HA med & MOO zlim, but as the thousand and one spelling show, it depends on the accent of who you ask.

who gives a f u c k anyway? :DWe don't have one of those language barriers so say fuck freely.

Ding. There's a right and wrong pronounciation, but not a right and wrong spelling.

Just like Mohammed, Muhammed, & Mahomet are equally correct, as with Muslim/moslem. I think they're properly ma HA med & MOO zlim, but as the thousand and one spelling show, it depends on the accent of who you ask.I pronounce it "D-E-A-D M-A-N W-A-L-K-I-N-G"
For the Mohammed, Muammed & Mahomet, it depends, I think, on the dialect.

It's Usama.

"Jon" doesn't become "John" once you cross a national border. Two different names.

The fact that Usama is pronounced Osama is that people are ignorant and can't be bothered to write a foreigner's name properly. Always happened and still does. Same with people calling Iraqis Arabs...

Oh, and I think Saddam's name is something like "Husayn". Can't remember..

It's Usama.

"Jon" doesn't become "John" once you cross a national border. Two different names.

The fact that Usama is pronounced Osama is that people are ignorant and can't be bothered to write a foreigner's name properly. Always happened and still does. Same with people calling Iraqis Arabs...

Oh, and I think Saddam's name is something like "Husayn". Can't remember..

Friend of mine from Kashmire pronounces it "ah-sama" with the emphasis on the "ah". Jon/John are both shorts for Jonathan. Burning question: why Bill or Dick from William?

Friend of mine from Kashmire pronounces it "ah-sama" with the emphasis on the "ah". Jon/John are both shorts for Jonathan. Burning question: why Bill or Dick from William?

Eh? Dick is from Richard. Still makes no sense, though.

Eh? Dick is from Richard. Still makes no sense, though.

You're right!! At least I knew there was no obvious connection.