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Re: Libya's Gaddafi urges 'holy war' against Switzerland

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I hosted an important Arab delegation before. The delegation lead's anglicised name kept changing until the point of arrival. When I asked the delegation lead about it, he said it didn't matter as some pronunciation had no equivalent in English. They are generally indifferent to how their names are spelt in English. So we don't really have to spent too much effort on correcting something that they don't even care.
Right you are. There are about a dozen more or less correct versions of his name
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Re: Libya's Gaddafi urges 'holy war' against Switzerland

its ridiculous he would never get anywhere with this. if they attacked switzerland would win in a couple of hours.
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