Friday, July 20, 2007

There went Friday

And here comes the weekend.

See you all Monday, but I have a question if anyone can provide an answer.

Why isn't there a U after the Q in Al Qeada? I was told that Q always comes with a U. No wonder they are terrorists.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There are variations, as you know in the spelling, because they have been transcribed from a language (Arabic) written in a different script. It is a word which means 'the base' and has an equivalent in Hebrew (another Semitic language) where David had his base before he became king,

Andy B said...

Thank you, Andrew,

But, seeing as we are imposing our will everywhere else in the world, I am just slightly baffled by our appropriation of the arabic spelling. I mean if we can bomb them and we are at war with them, why not spell their name the American was as Al Queada?

Anonymous said...

Touchet'....
Oh yeah, tooshay.