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[Laurence Horn]

At 10:53 PM -0400 7/11/07, sagehen wrote:
>  >
>>English has a big problem in spelling "long i" as in "eye,pie,guy".  Note
>>the problem with spelling Al Kaida, Al Kaeda.  I wonder who orchestrated
>>>the switch to the spelling Al Kaeda?
>>
>>Tom Zurinskas
>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Where have you seen that spelling?    Al Qaida & AlQaeda can both be found
>in current journalism. Probably each publication sets its own standard.
>The two vowels represent the *diphthongal  nature of the "long i" sound*.
>AM
>
Uh-oh.  Them's fightin' words.

LH

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