How's that spelled?

Ibby · 07-20-2006, 03:38 AM

yeah, really it's spelled scribblescribblecurlicuescribbleswirldotswirlscribble.

Spexxvet · 07-20-2006, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Ibram

yeah, really it's spelled scribblescribblecurlicuescribbleswirldotswitlscribble.

You forgot the umlat over the swirl!:p

Stormieweather · 07-20-2006, 10:23 AM

As BlueCuracao said, we are phonetically spelling a word from another language. Arabic has a different alphabet and there are sounds in Arabic that English and other European languages simply don't have. How it is translated into English depends on the translator and their dialect.

Brianna probably posted the most accurate translation, Hizb'Allah, or Party of God. The ' often denotes the word "of".

I took some Arabic language classes when I was in Saudi Arabia, both oral and written. I was taught Classical Arabic as opposed to one of the many dialects used in Jordan, Lebanan, Egypt or another of the nearby Middle Eastern countries. For example, Muhamed, Mahammed, Muhammad, Mahamad are all translations of the very same name.

Stormie

person · 08-18-2006, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Stormieweather

Brianna probably posted the most accurate translation, Hizb'Allah, or Party of God. The ' often denotes the word "of".

As with Hebrew (biblical and modern) the B' (the B together with the following apostrophe) denote 'of' -- so one proper English transliteration of 'Party of God' would be 'Hez B'Allah'

Interesting stuff, this transliteration business. I am surprised by how close modern Arabic and Hebrew remain, having derived from the same mother tongue thousands of years ago.

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Stormieweather Wearing her bitch boots Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Floriduh Posts: 1,181	As BlueCuracao said, we are phonetically spelling a word from another language. Arabic has a different alphabet and there are sounds in Arabic that English and other European languages simply don't have. How it is translated into English depends on the translator and their dialect. Brianna probably posted the most accurate translation, Hizb'Allah, or Party of God. The ' often denotes the word "of". I took some Arabic language classes when I was in Saudi Arabia, both oral and written. I was taught Classical Arabic as opposed to one of the many dialects used in Jordan, Lebanan, Egypt or another of the nearby Middle Eastern countries. For example, Muhamed, Mahammed, Muhammad, Mahamad are all translations of the very same name. Stormie __________________ "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win." - Mahatma Gandhi

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