FoxNews.com confrims braking news: Usama Bin Landen Dead
I took the following screen capture from FoxNews.com's website tonight:
Besides the utter cuteness of FoxNews spelling like my 4 year old nephew, I wonder why FN chooses to use "Usama" instead of "Osama." I have not been able to find any other news sources that use this spelling, including the London Times and Al Jazeera. My only guess is that they use this because this is how bin Landen Laden's name is spelled on the FBI Most Wanted list--the only other place I could find that uses this.
It is nice to see that it has been
*UPDATE*
Apparently some local Fox affiliates are having some trouble too:
Someone was in a hurry.
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ReplyDeleteBet the student intern got fried (fired) over that one.
ReplyDeleteArabic names, like Chinese, always have an issue in Western translation. The FBI, Interpol always use Usama ... Federal agencies use marihuana as opposed to marijauana. I think I read somewhere that Bin Laden actually used Usama when he wrote it.
ReplyDeleteFox has used it for years.