ginormous (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Wilson Gray]

WAG: Is it the case that "ai" is intended to represent the
Classical-Arabic sound, whereas "ae" is meant to reflect a more modern
pronunciation? Or not.

-Wilson, who knows of Arabic only that it is a Semitic language



On 7/12/07, Tom Zurinskas <truespel at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Sorry all about the "K" I wrote in Al Kaeda, Al Kaida.  That should have
> been Al Qaeda, Al Qaida.  Basically I was focusing on the ae/ai difference.
> I had always seen it as "ai" before.  Now I see it "ae" in the newspapers.
>
> For truespel I needed a phonetic spelling for the sound "eye" (long i).  I
> picked ~ie (as in "pie,lie,tried).  This is in line with a rule that all
> "long" vowels are spelled with silent e moved over next to them
> (ae,ee,ie,oe,ue).
>
> More predominant for spelling that sound is the leter "i" alone (primarily
> due to the word "I".  Next is "i" with "silent e" and then "y", "igh", "ie"
> and "eye" with a few others.
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> Tom Zurinskas, USA - CT20, TN3, NJ33, FL5+
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> >Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:38:36 -0500
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> > >  Note the problem with spelling Al Kaida, Al
> > > Kaeda.  I wonder who orchestrated the switch to the spelling Al Kaeda?
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> > > Tom Zurinskas,
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> >What switch?  Neither USA Today, LA Times, Wash Post, NY Times,
> >Associated Press, CNN spell it that way -- all seem to use "Al Qaeda"
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