Why spelt usama

A huge one is the term "credit card" A misnomer if ever I heard one. It sounds good. Everybody wants good credit. But what if we called it what it is? In our minds it is not quite so desirable. It is "debt".. Another example is "terrorist" or "freedom fighter" the two terms have very different connotations.

Depending which one you use will largely determine the perceptions of your listener. Posted 20 December - PM You have rought up and intresting point Constantine of how our media is changing just small things to get us to think of something another way. Kind of what Hitler did don't you think? Forgiveness is forgetting about a past that could have been. Posted 20 December - PM Im glad you agree. I don't however know enough about Hitler's methods to draw a comparison. However, If you look at our society you see this happening all over.

We as "consumers" and "voters" are subtlely manipulated and conditioned. Not only for commercial purposes, but also for political and social ends. Posted 21 December - AM I get your point. While what you are saying might be true, I think you are reading too much into it.

Altho it is not my profession I have an education in journalism. So a style book sets what is considered standard if, say, your newspaprer is a member of the Associated Press.

Just as an example--and I admit it is not a very good one--do we spell it color or colour? The Stylebook says, OK, we're always going to spell it color. That is the AP style so that all AP members are consistent. So someone decided that the media will consistently spell it Osama. Even if they chose that over Usama because of USA in the name doesn't bother me in the least. How is that going to condition us? It's not hiding anything. In fact I remember very well a short piece on TV about different spellings of the name.

I may be wrong, but I think it may also be spelled with a Q instead of an O or U. That info came from the press. I know you're on a kick about conditioning and consumerism and I actually agree with a lot of it. I really dislike how consumerism drives the US, and to some extent, the world economy at the high levels they are at now. And the way the internet is becoming one big marketing tool. We get conditioned in all sorts of ways, not all of it bad. Sure the marketers and governmental lobbyists are going to try to bend your perceptions in order to get you to consume their goods and services.

That's what their game is all about. I just get the feeling you think everyone is victimized by conditioning and have no choice in the matter. Everyone is just a malleable lump of clay. That there are no independent thinkers. There are worrying trends out there in this regard, but you know it is hard to not participate at least some on both sides. Bir Wahei da , was Bir Wahei di.

A: Why not? All one place. The Bisaita is also spelt Biseita. A: Good. Jedha, the she-camel, was Jedhah on Slip A: She was a splendid beast. Author is addressed 'Ya Auruns,' but on Slip 56 was 'Aurans. A: Good egg. I call this really ingenious. Richard Starr is a managing editor at The Weekly Standard. Richard Starr. I honestly hadn't realized that the AP had changed it.

We've had the spelling of Usama bin Laden that way since he was put on the list in June of By By Robert K. Elder and Tribune staff reporter.