Qaeda~Qaida~Quida

Barnhart ADS-L at HIGHLANDS.COM
Sun Jan 20 17:29:13 UTC 2002


These variants are listed in the order in which I found them.  This
seems to reflect preference in usage.  _Quida_ is noticeably less
frequent and appears to reflect the customary orthographic traditions
concerning "q" and "u" in English.  Is there a contrast in tradition of
transliteration which accounts for "ae" as opposed to "ai"?

Regards,
David

barnhart at highlands.com



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