Re: Looking for transcription or transliteration standards latin- >arabic

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Fri Jul 09 2004 - 04:18:39 CDT

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Jony Rosenne scripsit:

> I doubt it makes much sense to the casual reader. Witness how nearly every
> radio and television pronounces New Delhi as New Del-hi.

O pity the poor poor Zippity,
For he can eat nothing but Greli,
   A plant that grows only
   In New Caledony,
While the Zippity lives in New Delhi.
        --Shel Silverstein

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