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From: hijab@cad.UUCP (Raif Hijab)
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Subject: Re: Air raid on Libya
Message-ID: <329@cad.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 13-May-86 23:20:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: cad.329
Posted: Tue May 13 23:20:55 1986
Date-Received: Fri, 16-May-86 02:34:14 EDT
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Organization: U. C. Berkeley CAD Group
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Summary: Muammar's Name

> >>	...	Ghaddafi   ...
> >>Kjadafi ....
> >>Kadophi's ....
> >>      ...	 Qaddaphee ...
> >	...	 Qaddaffi  ...
> >	Muammar
> 
> Isn't it Muohammar?

His name has been twisted every which way, although I must admit
that I sometimes debate which spelling to use (and Arabic is my
native tongue!...) In formal Arabic the phonetic spelling is

	Al-Qath-Thaa-Fi 		[from the verb TO THROW]

Bedouin spelling might be [depending on the region]

	El-Gad-Daa-Fi	or
	El-Gath-Thaa-Fi	or
	El-Jad-Daa-Fi

Country folk might say

	El-Qath-Thaa-Fi	or
	El-Qad-Daa-Fi

City folk want to be dainty, so they say

	El-Ad-Daa-Fi.

His first name, though, would always be Mu-'Am-Mar.

By the way, Reagan's name is written in Arabic as

	Ree-Ghan	or
	Ree-Jan		or
	Ray-Ghan.

But one thing I still cannot comprehend is why when I announce
to a telephone operator (or sales clerk or receptionist,etc.)
that my name is He-Jab H-I-J-A-B, I inevitably get the response
"Sorry to keep you waiting (or whatever), Mr. Ha-Jeeb" !