mrl@oddjob.UUCP (Scott Anderson) (09/13/86)
It has been a while since the bombing of Libya, but I'm sure you all remember the confusion when nobody could figure out who it was that the others were talking about. You were probably thinking, "Who are all of those nasty guys?". Well, rest assured that there is only one of him. As related by Cecil Adams, the Library of Congress lists 32 variant spellings of his name: 1) Muammar Qaddafi 2) Mo'ammar Gadhafi 3) Muammar Kaddafi 4) Muammar Qadhafi 5) Moammar El Kadhafi 6) Muammar Gadafi 7) Mu'ammar al-Qadafi 8) Moamer El Kazzafi 9) Moamar al-Gaddafi 10) Mu'ammar Al Qathafi 11) Muammar Al Qathafi 12) Mo'ammar el-Gadhafi 13) Moamar El Kadhafi 14) Muammar al-Qadhafi 15) Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi 16) Mu'ammar Qadafi 17) Moamar Gaddafi 18) Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi 19) Muammar Khaddafi 20) Muammar al-Khaddafi 21) Mu'amar al-Kadafi 22) Muammar Ghaddafy 23) Muammar Ghadafi 24) Muammar Ghaddafi 25) Muamar Kaddafi 26) Muammar Quathafi 27) Muammar Gheddafi 28) Muamar Al-Kaddafi 29) Moammar Khadafy 30) Moammar Qudhafi 31) Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi 32) Mulazim Awwal Mu'ammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Qadhafi The Library uses the first one as its standardized form (for some arbitrary reason--more than likely because it's first). Cecil has suggested that we use something short and simple, like Duckbreath. I'm rather fond of #32, myself. BTW, that abomination on the Subject: line really does match all of these names. Will the wonders of egrep never cease? -- * * * Scott Anderson * * * * uucp: ihnp4!oddjob!kaos!sra * * ** arpa: oddjob!kaos!sra@lbl-csam * * * * * * * * bitnet: sra%kaos@UChicago * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *