American Politics

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Is murky and strange. The reporting on same is doubly so. So, in retrospect, I shouldn't be surprised that the main #1 question that occurs to me upon hearing about Saddam Hussein's two dead sons is nowhere answered by the media, nor can I find any help on the Internet. Still, maybe if I ask here someone out there will know: Why did Saddam name his sons in Pig Latin? I mean, what kind of a message is that to your kids? And then, when you do convert the names out of pig latin, they still don't make sense:

Uday -> Du, and Qusay -> Squ.

Okay, so they sound real stupid as names: "Hey Du, where's Squ got to?", but couldn't Saddam simply have picked non-stupid names for his kids rather than disguising them with pig latin? Or do "Du" and "Squ" mean something special in Arabic? But if they do, why disguise the names?

Oh, I dunno. The more I think about it, the more confused I get. Maybe I'll just go ask m_cat she knows everything.

Comments

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

According to Badira, it means He Who Hath Flatulence Like My Papa.

Bear in mind she claims to speak all languages while she has a brain the size of a walnut.

Badira may be right!

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'Cause I think I recall 'Qdopltzoo' as being the Aztec god of Bathroom Death. The literal translation may be correct.

[sps.livejournal.com]

I think you're thinking of 'Qdoptlzoo'. It's an easy mistake to make unless you speak Aztec, fool!