Is it Gadaffi or Qadaffi? I thought it started with a Q all this time.
No, it’s Khadaffi.
It is spelled both and other ways. The problem is so much of these names and spellings haven’t been standardized yet in English. So it tends to be a lot like reading English from the 1600’s where it was common to spell the same word 3 different ways in a paragraph by educated people as long as the phonics worked it didn’t matter.
It’s a matter of preference. There is no direct correlation of grammar, so however you sound it out, there will be some who will think it correct. I think I’ve seen it spelled at least a half dozen different ways...
No, it was “Peiping”, no, wait, it’s “Peiking”, but, what the ... now it’s “Beijing”. Ooops! Wrong thread. Sorry!