I don't know, but I'd love to have an official Arab-speaker's take on it. For instance, I know that with insha'allah... (if it's God's will)... they pronounce the ending a and the beginning a.
(Plus it usually was Hezboallah in the past. Still exists online.)
7 posted on 07/22/2006 9:47:26 PM PDT by AnnaZ
(I think so, Brain, but if we give peas a chance, won't the lima beans feel left out?)