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Hate to nit pick but isn't it Gaddafi, or Qaddafi? Edit: So it is, although the correct spelling is already taken.
by 5l 15y ago
Hate to nit pick but isn't it Gaddafi, or Qaddafi?
Edit: So it is, although the correct spelling is already taken.
- leftnode 15y agohttp://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/how-many-different-ways-can-you-spell-gaddafi.html http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/how-many-dif... or any of those! :)
- pluies 15y agoAnd the corresponding regexp ;) http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5365283/regular-expression-to-search-for-gadaffi http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5365283/regular-expressio...
- pitdesi 15y agoI like the spelling Gadaffi, but here are atleast 112 different ways to spell his full name: http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/how-many-different-ways-can-you-spell-gaddafi.html http://blogs.abcnews.com/theworldnewser/2009/09/how-many-dif...
- 5l 15y agoYes well. Looking at that list there seems to be something of a consensus on the -afi. Also just because 112 different spellings have been used, doesn't mean all 112 spellings are correct. Anyway it's a fun idea and I'm just nit picking.
- sid0 15y agoDefine correctness in this context.
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- 5l 15y agoWell, I'm not really up for a tedious discussion over semantics; my initial post was actually a genuine query because I have never seen it spelt otherwise than Gaddafi or Qaddafi. Evidently it's actually a linguistic can of worms. If I had to say, I guess correct would be the closest phonetic spelling to the Arabic, and as I understand that would be Gaddafi (in Libya) or Qaddafi (more generally). Or you could use what he has used himself in the past, which I have just discovered is: Gadhafi [0]. So without even nailing your colours to the mast over the correct definition of 'correct' in this context perhaps you might agree that Gadaffi is probably incorrect for any sensible definition of 'correct' in this context. Or perhaps we could all agree to just call him 'that evil motherfucker from Libya'. [0] http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/513/how-are-you-supposed-to-spell-muammar-gaddafi-khadafy-qadhafi http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/513/how-are-you-sup...
- uxp 15y agoAny translation into english is going to be "wrong" in some aspect. If I were to define correctness, Gaddafi's name is spelt: قَذَّافِيّ Anything else is just a translation and it all means the same, despite being different.
- yaix 15y agoAnd while we are at it: anything else is a _transliteration_
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- bcrescimanno 15y agoCringely mentioned in a column a while back that Qaddafi didn't particularly care: “Spell it any way you like, ” he said (in pretty fair English, by the way — something else that seems to have strategically disappeared over the years). “All that matters is spelling it correctly in Arabic.” http://www.cringely.com/2011/02/major-jolloud/ http://www.cringely.com/2011/02/major-jolloud/
- andywhite37 15y agoThat site would be better if it was "cringe.ly"
- danielhfrank 15y agoPeople, have we already forgotten this? http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5365283/regular-expression-to-search-for-gadaffi http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5365283/regular-expressio... This whole thing is hilarious, but probably useless
- alphakappa 15y agoI did some analysis to figure out the consensus on his name http://www.ecogito.net/anil/2011/02/how-do-you-spell-gaddafis-name/ http://www.ecogito.net/anil/2011/02/how-do-you-spell-gaddafi...