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Osama vs Usama, How Do You Spell It?
The Looking Spoon ^ | 5-7-11 | Jared H. McAndersen

Posted on 05/07/2011 4:16:28 PM PDT by The Looking Spoon

For all these years we've been told it's "Osama," like he's part Irish. Now I've been seeing Fox News (and other news sources I'm sure) using "Usama." I've had a friend on Facebook ask me what the proper spelling is. Apparently it's both, so I devised a way to help people figure out which version should be used.

I call this piece "The Ubama Bunch."


TOPICS: Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: demotivation; humor; osama; osamabinladen; pakistan; pockeestahn; satire; tomahto; tomayto; usama
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To: The Looking Spoon

Has Rush started calling Obama, Ubama? Heads will explode and I will laugh. Not one conservative should refer to the poser and chief as Obama while the media pushes the Usama crap.


21 posted on 05/07/2011 4:32:15 PM PDT by Sarah-bot (What would Edward Rooney do?)
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To: Brilliant
I’m sure that Obama would rather that it be spelled “Usama.” The media who push that spelling are probably trying to do Obama a favor.

That's my thought too. Started out Osama. Then the media tried Usama, but eventually went back to Osama. Then Obama runs for President and suddenly the media was trying Usama again. But, eventually went back to Obama.

I prefer Osama because it resembles Obama.

22 posted on 05/07/2011 4:38:30 PM PDT by Netizen ("Osama's got 72 Virgins, and Obama's got 72 Versions.")
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To: The Looking Spoon

“THEY” changed the spelling from Osama to Usama
to distinguish him from Ubama ... er ... Obama.
Otherwise, we would all be VERY confused.


23 posted on 05/07/2011 4:42:04 PM PDT by Jo Nuvark (Those who bless Israel will be blessed, those who curse Israel will be cursed. Gen 12:3)
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To: kevkrom
Yes, for example in French that monster's name was rendered Oussama ben Laden. In English, Portuguese, and German, it was Osama bin Laden.
24 posted on 05/07/2011 4:42:16 PM PDT by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: The Looking Spoon

Osama bin Brazzi


25 posted on 05/07/2011 4:46:50 PM PDT by ItsForTheChildren
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To: The Looking Spoon
Here's how you spell it:

D-E-A-D.

;-\

26 posted on 05/07/2011 4:52:36 PM PDT by Gargantua (Palin 2012 ~ "Going Oval")
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To: The Looking Spoon

I don’t anymore..............


27 posted on 05/07/2011 4:53:55 PM PDT by ALASKA (CHANGE'n it back !!!!!!!)
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To: razorback-bert

I’m going to try to remember to refer to him as Ubama. Ubama ben braggin.


28 posted on 05/07/2011 4:58:10 PM PDT by Netizen
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To: The Looking Spoon

spelled D E A D


29 posted on 05/07/2011 5:02:39 PM PDT by Adder (Part 1 Accomplished)
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To: The Looking Spoon

the media is tweaking the name to make it less like obama’s.


30 posted on 05/07/2011 5:09:41 PM PDT by Captain Steve
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To: Brilliant

Google:

Osama bin laden- 54 million hits
Usama bin laden - 300K hits

I would say that the Lame Stream is manipulating the narrative...


31 posted on 05/07/2011 5:15:50 PM PDT by Chickensoup (The right to bear arms is proven to prevent government genocide. Protect yourself!)
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To: The Looking Spoon

I read the White House has pushed the press to use Usama because of confusion and errors over Obama.


32 posted on 05/07/2011 5:18:38 PM PDT by newzjunkey (Stay focused: Debt, Deficits & Immigration.)
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To: The Looking Spoon
There's nothing nefarious about this. Here's the reason.

There's many ways to transliterate Arabic vowels and consonants. Consider 'Muhammad' as 'Mohammed', 'Mohamet', 'Muhammed', etc, all translating the same name. This caused a lot of confusion, so the Intelligence Community came up with a universal standard.

Anything you see coming from the U.S. government will use IC compliant Arabic, because it's impossible to do a database search using Arabic names without a common standard.

"Usama" is the IC standard for transliteration of the word we used to see as "Osama".

"Osama" is common usage, from when the world knew Osama through the media reports in the 90s. Neither spelling is wrong, exactly, it's just the one coming from the government is database compliant.

33 posted on 05/07/2011 5:28:49 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("There are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is not moderate." - Ibn Warraq)
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To: newzjunkey
I read the White House has pushed the press to use Usama because of confusion and errors over Obama.

Agreed. That's what I have thought since Sunday. Even though Fat Teddy isn't around anymore to screw up the name, it makes complete sense....

34 posted on 05/07/2011 5:29:00 PM PDT by b4its2late (Ignorance allows liberalism to prosper.)
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To: KansasGirl
That's not a terrible guess, but the US government switched to the Usama vs Osama spelling several years ago, somewhere in Bush's first term.

I do like Ubama, though. Hope that one sticks. ;-)

35 posted on 05/07/2011 5:32:40 PM PDT by Steel Wolf ("There are moderate Muslims, but Islam itself is not moderate." - Ibn Warraq)
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To: The Looking Spoon
BS,BS

36 posted on 05/07/2011 5:34:52 PM PDT by Just A Nobody (Beware the ENEMEDIA ... Never Again! Support our Troops!)
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To: The Looking Spoon

I say Ubama, you say Soetoros.


37 posted on 05/07/2011 5:37:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Under Islam, there is no separation of church and state. The church IS the state.)
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To: The Looking Spoon
Osama bin Laden or Obama bin Biden?

Same thing.

38 posted on 05/07/2011 5:38:59 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Under Islam, there is no separation of church and state. The church IS the state.)
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To: The Looking Spoon

There should be no confusion between osama and obama.

One is a foreign terrorist dedicated the destruction of the United States. The other was killed by Navy Seals last week.


39 posted on 05/07/2011 5:39:06 PM PDT by farmguy
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To: The Looking Spoon

Fox News has had a stick up their butt about the spelling of bin Laden’s first name since 9/11. Of all the major news outlets, they were the only ones who spelled it with a U.

It’s got to be company policy straight from the top, too, because you’ll never see it spelled with an O by anyone there.


40 posted on 05/07/2011 5:51:15 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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