How's that spelled? - Page 2

Clodfobble · 07-22-2006, 08:40 AM

You're certainly correct in America, Ibram, I dunno about Australian usage...

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.

Urbane Guerrilla · 08-18-2006, 11:45 AM

While I am no Orientalist, it seems after their exhibition of a strategy consisting solely of crimes against humanity in Lebanon, Hezbollah might better be named "Hezb-i-Shaitan."

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