Topic: Egypt (Read 7639 times)

12AX7 · « **Reply #25 on:** February 12, 2011, 07:04:03 AM »

Looks like things are just getting started.

Algiers, Algeria

Aden, Yemen

Novice · « **Reply #26 on:** February 15, 2011, 09:50:31 AM »

And Iran . . .

"Iranian lawmakers condemn protests; call for execution of leaders"

http://www.cnn.com/2011/WORLD/meast/02/15/iran.protests/index.html?hpt=T2

Demosthenes · « **Reply #27 on:** February 15, 2011, 10:31:46 AM »

Yeah, this will get pretty bloody in Iran.

karmadillo · « **Reply #28 on:** February 16, 2011, 05:18:01 AM »

Iran put down big national protests a couple of years ago in quite a bloody manner. I don't see them behaving any different this time around

Vespertine · « **Reply #29 on:** February 16, 2011, 11:51:23 AM »

I'm kinda curious how this will play out in Libya. I mean, Qadaffi (or however the hell you spell it) has appeared to be chilled out for many years recently, but that doesn't mean he's not still batshit crazy. Be interesting to see if he lays the military smackdown on his people now that they've started the protests.

EDIT: And, WOW, did I butcher that spelling. Apparently it's spelled 'Gadhafi'.

ivan · « **Reply #30 on:** February 16, 2011, 12:07:31 PM »

Back in the day, it was Khadafi.

karmadillo · « **Reply #31 on:** February 17, 2011, 02:30:41 AM »

I think Libya/Gaddafi fell into the 'they've got oil, they're our friends category'.

Novice · « **Reply #32 on:** February 17, 2011, 09:07:35 AM »

What about Bahrain? The headquarters for the US Fifth Fleet, a huge US Naval institution. Not to mention the oil.

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #33 on:** February 17, 2011, 10:31:07 AM »

Quote from: Vespertine on February 16, 2011, 11:51:23 AM

I'm kinda curious how this will play out in Libya. I mean, Qadaffi (or however the hell you spell it) has appeared to be chilled out for many years recently, but that doesn't mean he's not still batshit crazy. Be interesting to see if he lays the military smackdown on his people now that they've started the protests.

EDIT: And, WOW, did I butcher that spelling. Apparently it's spelled 'Gadhafi'.

most Arabic names have about eighty bajillion different, technically correct, English spellings.

pbsaurus · « **Reply #34 on:** February 17, 2011, 04:47:26 PM »

Yep, I've seen reputable news sources over the years spell it with a Q, a Kh, and a G.

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #35 on:** February 18, 2011, 12:06:20 AM »

it's basically a phlegm noise. like a a growling/coughing noise at the back of your throat.

Demosthenes · « **Reply #36 on:** February 18, 2011, 08:03:41 AM »

Quote from: Clear_Runway on February 18, 2011, 12:06:20 AM

it's basically a phlegm noise. like a a growling/coughing noise at the back of your throat.

*nods*

English actually has the same sound in it.

Of course, in English, it translates to "I have something phlegmy in the back of my throat I need to cough up".

Novice · « **Reply #37 on:** February 24, 2011, 02:59:25 PM »

http://newsfeed.time.com/2011/02/23/how-do-you-spell-gaddafi-the-linguistics-behind-libyas-leader/?iid=nfmostpopular

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #38 on:** February 24, 2011, 03:45:38 PM »

much like hitlers first name, I believe the correct spelling is "whatever the fuck he wants"

Vespertine · « **Reply #39 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:55:18 PM »

Other than Adolf or Adolph, what are the alternative spellings? I'm asking a serious question here.

12AX7 · « **Reply #40 on:** February 24, 2011, 06:56:03 PM »

^ that. I wondered too.

Aidov?

Ade Olf?

Aid Awlf?

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #41 on:** February 24, 2011, 07:26:37 PM »

what i'm saying is, find out g/q/khadafi's preferred spelling and use that, in much the same way we say Adolf because that's how hitler spelled it.

Banshee · « **Reply #42 on:** February 24, 2011, 08:13:08 PM »

Quote from: Clear_Runway on February 24, 2011, 07:26:37 PM

what i'm saying is, find out g/q/khadafi's preferred spelling and use that, in much the same way we say Adolf because that's how hitler spelled it.

Dude, you should write a history book or something.

reimero · « **Reply #43 on:** February 25, 2011, 12:03:05 PM »

There's good reason to believe the proper spelling was actually "Hiedler." It just didn't sound "hard" enough for him. And it wasn't his real last name anyway. His (unmarried) mother's last name was "Schicklgruber."

ivan · « **Reply #44 on:** February 25, 2011, 12:08:27 PM »

I wonder if history would have turned out differently if hundreds of thousands of Germans had been extolled to shout "Heil Schicklgruber!" with a straight face.

Vespertine · « **Reply #45 on:** February 25, 2011, 01:09:52 PM »

Well, okay, but he wasn't talking about last names. He was talking about 'Adolf'.

reimero · « **Reply #46 on:** February 25, 2011, 03:00:23 PM »

True story: Hitler grew up with the nickname "Adi", which always burned him because he preferred the more "manly" "Dolf." Of course, that simply would have meant everyone would call him "Dolfi..."

foo · « **Reply #47 on:** February 25, 2011, 08:37:47 PM »

ooh boy, it happened.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin%27s_law

Clear_Runway · « **Reply #48 on:** February 25, 2011, 09:01:54 PM »

as apt as the comparison might be, i wasn't comparing g(?)adaffi himself to Hitler, merely the similar confusion surrounding their names.

I'd say we were carefully avoiding Godwin's law.

MISTER MASSACRE · « **Reply #49 on:** March 01, 2011, 09:58:20 AM »

Everyone here is a Hitler

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