Back when I was on the college speech team my best-known speech was a humourous look at spelling. One of the jokes I cracked was about the many different ways to spell the name of the dictator of Libya.
25 years later and I'm still recycling the joke. Who'd've though we'd still be worried about this guy?
In any case, as he doubles down and prepares to go out all Ceaucescu style, this may be the last chance. The Times of London has compiled a handy list. I only offered three different spellings; I was always lazy on the homework in college and three was enough for the laugh. But here we have a whopping 37:
1) Muammar QaddafiTry fitting all that on a visual aid.
2) Mo'ammar Gadhafi
3) Muammar Kaddafi
4) Muammar Qadhafi
5) Moammar El Kadhafi
6) Muammar Gadafi
7) Mu'ammar al-Qadafi
8) Moamer El Kazzafi
9) Moamar al-Gaddafi
10) Mu'ammar Al Qathafi
11) Muammar Al Qathafi
12) Mo'ammar el-Gadhafi
13) Moamar El Kadhafi
14) Muammar al-Qadhafi
15) Mu'ammar al-Qadhdhafi
16) Mu'ammar Qadafi
17) Moamar Gaddafi
18) Mu'ammar Qadhdhafi
19) Muammar Khaddafi
20) Muammar al-Khaddafi
21) Mu'amar al-Kadafi
22) Muammar Ghaddafy
23) Muammar Ghadafi
24) Muammar Ghaddafi
25) Muamar Kaddafi
26) Muammar Quathafi
27) Mohammer Q'udafi
28) Muammar Gheddafi
29) Muamar Al-Kaddafi
30) Moammar Khadafy
31) Moammar Qudhafi
32) Mu'ammar al-Qaddafi
33) Muammar el-Qaddafi
34) Muammar Gadafy
35) Muammar Gaddafi
36) Muammar Gadaffy
37) and finally the Libyan Embassy spelling: Muamar Qadaffi
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