From: Gregg N 

"Gary Britt"  wrote in
news:41245583$1{at}w3.nls.net:

> Back right after 9/11 Fox explained this and why they would therefore
> always refer to Usama as Usama and Osama.  On Fox it is the hunt for
> UBL not OBL. I remember back in 1991 during the first gulf war that a
> similar explanation was given for President Bush referring to Saddam
> Hussein as "Sad -Em" Hussein instead of "Sa Dam"
Hussein  "Sa Dam" was
> the way to pronounce it when giving respect and "Sad Em" was the way
> to pronounce it if his mother was a lowly goat herder.
>

I see, so it's not anything specifically recognized by anyone, it's just an
attempt to make fun of the name, kind of like using Democrap instead of
Democrat, M$ instead of Microsoft. ALgore instead of Al Gore. It's just
something Fox made up in this vain.

Gregg

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