| From: | Frank George Valoczy <valoczy@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, October 31, 2001, 22:15 |
On Tue, 30 Oct 2001, David Peterson wrote:> And, of course, I meant [?asaam], not [?asaan]. Oops! And the way they > keep starting it with "o" makes me wonder if it's not an alef waw initial > cluster which can give rise to [o] in some dialects. > > -David >If it's worth anything, the French refer to him as "Oussama" and the Russians write "YCAMA" (= usama)... ---frank