Does Libya Video Finally Reveal How to Spell Qaddafi’s Khadafy’s Gadhafi’s Name?
- Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:31pm by
Buck Sexton
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The once widely feared Libyan dictator Gadhafi is on the way out, but are we just now learning how to spell his name?
There have been many options over the years. ABC News came up with 112 ways to spell Gadhafi, and it was a featured subject in an episode of the West Wing. The Associated Press tackled the subject back in March:
Qaddafi, Qazzafi, Qadhdhafi, Qaththafi, Gadhdhafi, Khadafy?
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Read about the unrest in Libya and you might wonder: The man has been in power for 41 years, can’t anyone spell his name? For a leader so notoriously mercurial, perhaps it‘s fitting no one can pin down Moammar Gadhafi’s last name using the English alphabet. It’s not just media organizations, even official Libyan government documents vary widely in rendering his name in Latin letters.
The Associated Press goes with Gadhafi. Why? It has to do with pronunciation — along with a series of letters the Libyan leader sent to American schoolchildren more than 25 years ago.
Still, questions linger.
Now The Atlantic is reporting on what could be an end to this enduring spelling mystery:
“As Libyans flood Muammar Qaddafi’s Bab al-Aziziya military compound in Tripoli, they’re making a number of interesting finds. Most recent is what appears to be the diplomatic passport of eldest son Mohammed Qaddafi. Video of someone leafing through the passport reveals an interesting discovery: the spelling of Qaddafi’s name.”
And the winner is (drumroll)….. “Qathafi.”
Turns out the correct answer was one of the least used spellings of the dictator’s name.
Some will argue that transliteration is an imperfect science, but we at the Blaze think that the way a person spells their own name pretty much settles it. Unless, of course, father and son Qathafi spelled it differently, which would take us back to square one.
Here is the video of the passport, uploaded to Youtube by the Libyan Youth Movement:
(Tip of the Hat, The Atlantic)
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Comments (41)
txbigfoot
Posted on August 27, 2011 at 9:10amROFLOL
Report Post »Awesome!
db321
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 10:30pmEnjoy the lake of Fire – However you spell your name.
Quick Question – were does the State Run Media go when a Dictator gets kick out – I bet they are not getting Thrills and Chills down their legs now.
Report Post »dawgGoodie
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 9:44pm-don‘t know how to spell his name but we do now know who raided Queen Latifah’s attic.
Report Post »Joe66
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 8:38pmI think the correct spelling is “J-e-r-k-a-s-s”. All the letters are silent
Report Post »SignPainterGuy
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 7:50pmMy personal fave is “Quadaphee”. Seems fitting for the world`s silliest dresser and perhaps the ugliest, now that Arafat is gone !
Report Post »lylejk
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 5:25pmOut of disrespect to this yahoo, I’ll continue to spell it as Kadafi. Just love bugging idiots by intentionally mispronouncing or misspelling their names. :)
Report Post »wordsworth
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 5:23pmJust sounds like the son used an obscure spelling to hide his identity when playing in the US/EU.
Report Post »notmeatglennbeckdotcom
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 5:03pmI agree he should have been killed after Lockerbie.
One of the biggest travesties is that the SOB who carried it out is now missing and laughing at all of us. Thank you Scotland – I have had exactly two drinks of Scotch since and both were purchased for me before I arrived at dinner meetings. Thought it polite not to turn it down. And what have I found? Domestic whiskey and bourbon taste just fine, especially knowing they’re not tainted with the blood of 270 people!
Report Post »Ampleforth
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 4:58pmWhen they find Qaddafi’s birth certificate I wonder if it, too, will be signed by Don Ho.
Report Post »BarbWire
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 4:24pmDoes everybody agree on how to spell Moammar?
Report Post »TheWholeTruth
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 4:40pmWe‘re only hearing the ’good’ side of this war. Sorry but I have to do this. Go to this link and read!
http://www.uncoverage.net/2011/04/inconvenient-videos-show-libyan-rebels-torturing-murdering-raping-wheres-outrage/ There are links here to the videos of how the Rebels are treating people now. It is HORRIBLE and we NEED TO GET THE F(*# OUT OF THERE!
If you want to see the side NOBODY ELSE is showing.. go here and read up:
Report Post »http://www.infowars.com/libyan-rebels-try-to-arrest-nato-critics/
TheWholeTruth
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 5:12pm“On March 31, NATO formally warned the rebels to stop attacking civilians. It is poignant to recall that if not for intervention, the war almost surely would have ended last month.”
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2011/04/14/false_pretense_for_war_in_libya/?camp=misc%3Aon%3Ashare%3Aarticle
Why not some REAL news Blaze??????
Report Post »timej31
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 4:18pmI always spell it with a pen because my pencil always breaks.
Report Post »Rayblue
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 3:48pmMy name is Eustachys…. 2nd century martyr and patron saint of hunters.
Report Post »Moammar had it easy.
I Love both Jesus and Israel
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:53pmI am thinking that it is spelled Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Report Post »I Love both Jesus and Israel
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:51pmI‘m thinking it’s spelled Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Report Post »I Love both Jesus and Israel
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:50pmI‘m thinking it’s spelled Abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
Report Post »banjarmon
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:45pmIf you look close obama an qaddafi’s names are spelled the same…
Report Post »It is “B @ S T @ R” D!!!
MrKnowItAll
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:39pmHowever you spell his name. I tell you this guy is not done. That’s actually good for us. I hope this battle goes on for Decades. Giving Godzillians of cash to crazy people with guns only called Rebels is insanity at it’s best. All the Lib news and Fox also stated the rebels were chanting Praise God. No they were not. The rebels were shouting Alla Akbar!
Report Post »republapig
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:37pmI believe the correct spelling is: KhaDaffyDuck
Report Post »ApokTheGreat
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:54pmBeat me to it…shucks
Report Post »BrokenHearted
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 3:30pmPlease don’t insult Daffy Duck that way, DD is cool and funny.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:08pmPoor guy, never made it above the rank of colonel after all those years of trying.
Report Post »IntransigentMind
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:13pmI don’t know about spelling his name, but we need not to fall into a quagmire of occupation there in his absence. Perhaps we should follow this advice:
Report Post »http://markamerica.com/2011/08/26/sarah-palin-on-libya/
cessna152
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:17pmI guess he in only part of the “corps(e)” division now…
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:20pmI think Barry is counting on those fearsome French troops to keep the peace. That should work out well.
Report Post »capecodsully
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:05pmRight about now the correct spelling for his name would be S C R E W E D B Y O B A M A A N D S H { T O U T T A LU C K.
Report Post »InversionTheory
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:03pmTransliteration is a hoot, but even in English we have people do odd things with names.
I went to high school with a girl who was angry at the world for mispronouncing her name all the time. Spelled Ari….pronounced AH-dee. And she would fly into a rage whenever someone got it wrong.
Report Post »republapig
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:40pmLike the singer “Sade” pronounced “Shar-Day”. Outcome based education in action.
Report Post »gmoneytx
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:58pmDaffy Duck!
Report Post »MODEL82A1
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:48pmFor better or for worse, his name is now spelled M-U-D.
Report Post »cessna152
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:46pmI don’t know but I am [still] trying to spell our president’s name correctly…Doofus? Moron? Treasonous? Idiot? Dope? Marxist?
Report Post »I guess they are all correct….
Gonzo
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:15pmIt’s spelled: Barry Soetoro. He wanted a muslim name and changed it…you know, like all “Christians” do.
Report Post »ApokTheGreat
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 3:11pmWell Bobo Da Prez’s name is still unknown. The widely circulated SSN that Bobo da Prez is supposed to have has had many names connected to it since the 1980′s. The first holder of the SSN was a guy from Connecticut who moved to Hawaii and died there. Fortunately, Bobo’s grandma was a part time employee in a Hawaii State Records office doing the filing of records.
Report Post »The SSN was used by Bobo soon after the Connecticut dude’s death.
http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=336889
The SSN (042-68-4425)has had several identities connected to it since the Connecticut dude’s death. Various names using the SSN have bought properties from Chicago’s own Tony Rezco including the house that Bobo used as a residence and claimed to own in Chicago (5046 S Greenwood Ave and the Hyde Park Mansion). But the owner is listed as Harrison J Bounel using the same SSN as Bobo da Prez.
Names and Identities seem to be a problem with tyrants and dictators…Maybe that is why Bobo da Prez does not have LifeLock …. LOL!
biohazard23
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 1:43pmIsn’t that the son who had a secret stash of gay porn?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/africaandindianocean/libya/8723450/Libyans-shocked-by-vulgarity-of-Gaddafi-family-belongings.html
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:28pmWho cares, really. The dictator is OUT, and the Arab Spring is IN. Can you spell SHARIA?
Report Post »kryptonite
Posted on August 26, 2011 at 2:29pmSorry, Biohazard, my post was misplaced.
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