Usama or Osama Bin Laden

thepharcyde · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:37

How come he is referred as Osama despite actually being Usama?

PMKeates · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:38

I don't think he's actually either. His name will be written in Arabic text.

Von Smallhausen · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:41

Arabic variations.

Strife212 · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:41

Yeah because its basically take your pick from the translation

Ross1234 · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:43

Because his mother did not name him in English.

Kennysevenfold · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:48

Just call him Mr Laden

aayzof · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:50

Usama

me227 · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:52

Osama

Greenlizard0 · 10 Jan 2010 at 22:56

This guy? Think it's pronounced "Jon".

qwerty · 10 Jan 2010 at 23:08

أسامة بن محمد بن عوض بن لادن‎

ejr22 · 10 Jan 2010 at 23:47

aayzof said:
Usama

me227 said:
Osama

****!

arknor · 10 Jan 2010 at 23:48

M00sama

reflux · 10 Jan 2010 at 23:49

Just like Muhammed. And Koran. There are several different spellings.

"andy" · 10 Jan 2010 at 23:53

Kennysevenfold said:
Just call him Mr Laden

thats even more wrong

he is usama son of laden

dunno who laden is mind

qwerty · 11 Jan 2010 at 00:13

"andy" said:
dunno who laden is mind

On Football Manager, on the loading screen it said 'loading' in many different languages. One of them was 'laden'. Now I always think of him as Osama bin Loading :rolleyes:

Beansprout · 11 Jan 2010 at 00:16

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/extra/video/p005nw5p

benneh · 11 Jan 2010 at 00:17

Osamma.

MajorMaccas · 11 Jan 2010 at 00:18

"andy" said:
thats even more wrong

he is usama son of laden

dunno who laden is mind

must be a pain sorting back through family trees. Go up one generation then they're lost. :confused:

Nitefly · 11 Jan 2010 at 00:20

No, you-sama.

Soviet · 11 Jan 2010 at 00:33

Nitefly said:
No, you-sama.

NO, U.....Sama.

Sorry.