[The_Reader_David]

I wish people would stop the illiteracy of putting a u after the q in transliterated Arabic words. If folks can’t stand a q without a u, they could transliterate the gutteral k sound from Arabic as kh. The first consonant in the Arabic word for ‘base’ sounds like briefly clearing your throat, not like the first sound in quick.

[Savage Beast]

Thanks, Dave, for cluing us in about the Arabic q. I have wondered about that. Such inaccuracies are like fingernails scraping on the blackboard.

But I have a qestion: Is Arabic never to be transliterated with a u after the q?

The qest of inqiring minds for truth is unqenchable.