Dave McBride would probably be familiar mainly to chicago residents, as he
was the news guy on the steve dahl show for several years. he recently left
the show...but still writes very eloquently at davemcbride.com. some of them
are hysterical. check it out.


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Subject: Re: [313] a nice quote from this morning


Nice quote, but, unfortunatly, I don't think his name will ever be erased
from mankind.


Who is Dave McBride?

On Mon, 17 September 2001, "Rob Theakston" wrote:

>
> "As an aside, some network anchors and others have taken, in recent days,
> to pronouncing the name of this depraved demoniac “Oh-sah-ma,” because it
is
> spelled, in press accounts, with an O.  Whereas, on the FBI
Ten-Most-Wanted
> List, Mr. Bin Laden’s Christian name (if you will) is rendered as Usama,
> with a U.  The truth is, that, when first the infant demon was diapered,
in
> 1957, his birth certificate appeared in Arabic script.  Therefore, when
his
> name is spelled with Roman letters, it is spelled phonetically, as it
> sounds; and since it is properly pronounced with a soft U as in “us,” or a
> soft O as in “of”, it can be spelled with either O or U.  But it is
properly
> pronounced, “Uss-ah’-ma.”  I offer this pronunciation guide as it is
seemly
> that we speak the name correctly as we spit on his death notice and delete
> him from the memory of man.  "  - Dave McBride
>
>
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