What's the difference between Osama, and Usama....

[a kennedy]

faux is running with the Usama spelling of his name....WTF???

[originalpckelly]

1. So that they can't fuck it up and call the President Osama.

:shrug:

[valerief]

2. His name is Usama but the US changed it to Osama so that his name wouldn't start

with USA.

That's what I read years ago.

[Drale]

3. Because they don't check their stories or spelling before

putting it out on the air.

[Geostudent]

4. The FBI Uses Usama

My guess would be that Usama is the official name the FBI uses, while Osama is usually listed as a alias.

[KittyWampus]

5. AFAK, Usama is the correct spelling. May be wrong. That's what I've read several times.

[kudzu22]

7. I think the correct spelling is in Arabic

Anything in Roman characters is a phoenetic translation. Look at how many spellings there are for Gaddhafi, Khadafy, Qaddafi, Atari, whatever his name is.

[dsc]

6. Arabic has no direct translation to English

so we have to sound out the name to the best of our ability. That is why Gaddaffi's name has so many spellings.