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[Scot LaFaive]

Does anyone happen to know why the Q is chosen for the K sound in many
Arabic to English transliterations? Was K the preferred letter in the past
(some older texts seem to use K more)?

Scot


>From: "Mullins, Bill AMRDEC" <Bill.Mullins at US.ARMY.MIL>
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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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