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To: HG who wrote (8317)10/30/2001 11:04:16 PM
From: tekboy  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
the issue is not really words but transliterations, which are based on conventions. "Ibn" is pretty standard usage--one doesn't really hear much about "Bin Khaldun," for example...

as for brushing up on one's Arabic, this little rumination by my friend "Dr. Id" is a good place to start, especially lesson 12...

askjeeves.com

tb@fromthe"ben"ratherthan"ibn"world.com