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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

Doesn’t matter. He’s dead. Anyway, he’s survived by his wife of 106 years, Leroy bin Laden, his son Fred bin Laden, and his younger daughter Gladys Al-Fungi nee bin Laden. By all accounts he was a cheerful man who enjoyed violent video games and watching Dancing with the Starts.


41 posted on 05/07/2011 5:52:15 PM PDT by yup2394871293
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To: The Looking Spoon

I now refer to the Commie in Chief as:

Os/bama


42 posted on 05/07/2011 5:54:44 PM PDT by Ghost of Philip Marlowe (Prepare for survival.)
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Who cares?


43 posted on 05/07/2011 5:55:55 PM PDT by Jenny217
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To: He Rides A White Horse

Usetabeensama.


44 posted on 05/07/2011 6:22:35 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Georgia Girl 2

Good one. Here is another. Gruesoma.


45 posted on 05/07/2011 6:36:09 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: The Looking Spoon

I called Osama then, I call him Osama now.

But Obamamedia, including Glenn Beck have decided to call him Usama, OR UBL...

Not me.

Osama 72 virgins
Obama 72 versions.


46 posted on 05/07/2011 6:45:56 PM PDT by Freddd (NoPA ngineers.)
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To: Just A Nobody
Here's my take on that:


47 posted on 05/07/2011 7:04:48 PM PDT by the anti-liberal
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To: The Looking Spoon

D E A D


48 posted on 05/07/2011 7:20:18 PM PDT by annieokie
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To: He Rides A White Horse

“Gruesoma.”

Love it.


49 posted on 05/07/2011 7:32:48 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: mnehring; The Looking Spoon
If you want to be “by the book”, the academic spelling is Usama because there is no equivalent to “O” in Arabic. However, with most Arabic words translated, phonetic spellings are correct. It is the same issue with the spelling of Koran/Qu’ran.

Are you suggesting that we spell the pResident's name Barrack Hussein Ubama?

50 posted on 05/07/2011 7:37:11 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: The Looking Spoon

0bama wanted it pronounced and written across every TV screen in the USA every day. This is low level propaganda against our country. USAMA = EVIL....USA is in there subliminally. If you want to marginalize someone or something, you associate them as much as possible with bad feelings, or bad people. JMO, but I would bet you a good psychologist could explain it better.


51 posted on 05/07/2011 8:25:52 PM PDT by runninglips (Republicans = 99 lb weaklings of politics.)
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To: KansasGirl

Just rearranging history again. His name is Osama and the POTUS is Obama. The stupid American people were not concerned about electing a US President who had one letter difference in the name, so what makes them think it will this time around.


52 posted on 05/07/2011 8:33:36 PM PDT by Toespi
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To: The Looking Spoon

There is a very simple explanation for Fox News using Usama rather than Osama:

It mostly avoids the problem of Geraldo and Shep referring to Obama bin Laden all the time. It mostly works when the are reading copy. Of course when they freelance then all bets are off.


53 posted on 05/07/2011 8:34:55 PM PDT by InterceptPoint (w)
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To: The Looking Spoon

It’s easy.

He is OSAMA unless the reporter is from FOX.

Where the Saudi’s own a large chunk of the network, and they are moving to the “Center” (giggles) and don’t want to offend OBAMA.

That’s it, really.


54 posted on 05/07/2011 9:34:23 PM PDT by EvasiveManuever (Shakespeare got it wrong. Not the lawyers... journalists.)
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To: He Rides A White Horse

Oh....GOOD one!!

LOL!


55 posted on 05/07/2011 10:06:00 PM PDT by GGMac ((lesson learned re Obie: parse every sentence, every word, every gesture, every photo))
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To: KansasGirl

Yup.

And so...Osama it is!


56 posted on 05/07/2011 10:08:02 PM PDT by GGMac ((lesson learned re Obie: parse every sentence, every word, every gesture, every photo))
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To: Chickensoup

More than one can play that game:

Barack Hussein Ubama


57 posted on 05/07/2011 10:09:58 PM PDT by GGMac ((lesson learned re Obie: parse every sentence, every word, every gesture, every photo))
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To: runninglips

That’s my input, also.

U S A ma

I saw that ‘USA’ part when spelled ‘Usama’ years ago, way before Obama came on the scene.
Thought it awfully ironic.


58 posted on 05/07/2011 10:11:35 PM PDT by USARightSide (_)
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To: GGMac

Thanks. It’s nice to have a little fun here. He deserved what he got.


59 posted on 05/07/2011 10:11:38 PM PDT by He Rides A White Horse ((unite))
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To: He Rides A White Horse

Yeah, some fun and smiles are fun. Reminds me of the WAY-back days at LGF when buzzsawmonkey and other talents would get into “punning” contests. OMG what fun that was!


60 posted on 05/07/2011 10:21:03 PM PDT by GGMac ((lesson learned re Obie: parse every sentence, every word, every gesture, every photo))
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