Osama or Usama?

[Moloch]

bin Laden or binladen?

These Arabic words are really giving me a hard time.

[Droopy]

1. Ofucka bin Hadden

Actually I use Osama bin Laden.

[nickgutierrez]

2. Osama bin Laden is the most commonly used spelling, so that's what I use

If I find a compelling reason to spell it differently, then I will -- but as it stands, I find no reason to unnecessarily confuse whoever might read my posts/writing, so I use the conventional spelling.

[pnorman]

3. I occasionally say: "Bill Laden"

to piss off some (one of whom is named Bill), and help point out the fact that Bush himself isn't really taking Bin Laden very seriously.

pnorman

[trof]

4. You say "tomayto", I say "tomahto".

Let's call the whole thing off.
;-)