Thank you for your respectful reply.......unlike 'Rage Boy' Fantaa.
In point of fact there is no proper spelling in English of the city. It is a matter of preference. In some parts ofv the world indeed it would be spelt 'Makkah'...in other parts of the world no one would have even seen this spelling before because the norm would be to spell it as 'Mecca'
Etymology and usage
"Mecca" is the original English transliteration of the Arabic and is the most commonly used form in English dictionaries,[9] by international organizations in their English language literature[10] and in academic writing.[11][12]
Because accents, pronounciatons and languages using Roman charecters are different all over the world there is no universal spelling of the word only regional preferences and norms.
The only true way to spell the word is in the Arabic thus:
Thank you for your respectful reply.......unlike 'Rage Boy' Fantaa.
In point of fact there is no proper spelling in English of the city. It is a matter of preference. In some parts ofv the world indeed it would be spelt 'Makkah'...in other parts of the world no one would have even seen this spelling before because the norm would be to spell it as 'Mecca'
Etymology and usage
"Mecca" is the original English transliteration of the Arabic and is the most commonly used form in English dictionaries,[9] by international organizations in their English language literature[10] and in academic writing.[11][12]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mecca
Because accents, pronounciatons and languages using Roman charecters are different all over the world there is no universal spelling of the word only regional preferences and norms.
The only true way to spell the word is in the Arabic thus:
مكة