Comments on: Why does CNN refer to bin Laden as Osama… https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/02/why-does-cnn-refer-to-bin-laden-as-osama/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 22:41:18 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eri https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/02/why-does-cnn-refer-to-bin-laden-as-osama/#comment-443 Eri Tue, 03 May 2011 04:28:47 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=580#comment-443 True. I went back and checked some late night posts just in case... But no half-asleep typos at 3 a.m., thank God. True. I went back and checked some late night posts just in case… But no half-asleep typos at 3 a.m., thank God.

]]> By: FrankC https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/02/why-does-cnn-refer-to-bin-laden-as-osama/#comment-426 FrankC Mon, 02 May 2011 22:37:20 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=580#comment-426 The best explanation I have seen (he chose Usama as his Romanized name) http://www.slate.com/id/2057710/ The best explanation I have seen (he chose Usama as his Romanized name)

http://www.slate.com/id/2057710/

]]> By: RobVG https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/02/why-does-cnn-refer-to-bin-laden-as-osama/#comment-422 RobVG Mon, 02 May 2011 22:01:52 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=580#comment-422 Because that's what the FBI calls him. http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/usama-bin-laden Because that’s what the FBI calls him. http://www.fbi.gov/wanted/wanted_terrorists/usama-bin-laden

]]> By: TB https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/02/why-does-cnn-refer-to-bin-laden-as-osama/#comment-416 TB Mon, 02 May 2011 20:04:35 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=580#comment-416 I just use "bin Laden." Less chance of embarrassing typos. I just use “bin Laden.” Less chance of embarrassing typos.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2011/05/02/why-does-cnn-refer-to-bin-laden-as-osama/#comment-415 ER Mon, 02 May 2011 19:54:14 +0000 http://habitablezone.com/?p=580#comment-415 There probably is no "official" spelling of the name in our alphabet. FWIW, I used to work with a guy called Ossama (he was a Lebanese Christian, but he spoke and wrote Arabic), and he spelled it with an "O" and two "S"'s. There probably is no “official” spelling of the name in our alphabet. FWIW, I used to work with a guy called Ossama (he was a Lebanese Christian, but he spoke and wrote Arabic), and he spelled it with an “O” and two “S”‘s.

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