From: "Gregg N" 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:4124d445$1{at}w3.nls.net...

> It is apparently common in the language used by Iraqis and Arabs,
> that you give one pronunciation for one kind of meaning and a different
> pronunciation for another kind of meeting.

I can belive this. It is true in many languages, even English.

> In other words, the Islamic
> terrorists who look up to Usama Bin Laden and think he is a great leader
and
> holy man would themselves pronounce his name Osama.  If somebody who was
an
> Islamic person who thought Usama was a murdering thug would pronounce his
> name Usama.

This however, I believe is a bunch of nonsense. Could you provide a
reference to back it up? This article discusses the spellings:

http://slate.msn.com/id/2057710/

Gregg

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