Talk:Bombing of Mokha

Mokha or Mocha
@Theleekycauldron: Hey, did you consider the reliable sources used in this article before moving it? M h hossein  talk 04:33, 27 August 2022 (UTC)


 * Hey, @Mhhossein! I was sure i responded to this... I considered the reliable sources at Mocha, Yemen, as well as adjusted Google ngrams data. Come to think of it, I didn't see it as definitive – you're welcome to revert under MOS:VAR, if you'd like. theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 06:27, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * Hi Theleekycauldron, 'Mokha' is the common title used when the incident is covered by the sources. I double checked the ones used in this page, which actually are the most relevant sources I found when I was authoring the page. -- M h hossein   talk 06:39, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * @Mhhossein: I gathered that too – it's your call :) theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 06:40, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I think the issue is that the letter "خ" is transliterated in different ways. Duolingo spells it as "kh" for me, so maybe that's the newer variant, compared to the historically more prominent "ch". It's actually worse in German, we have Mokka, which leads to a needlessly bad pronunciation – if it was spelled "Mucha" in German, we'd actually have a 50% chance of pronouncing it mostly correct (that is, almost like an Arabic speaker would). Alas, historical transliterations were a little imprecise. I've adjusted the Mokha (or Mocha) article to give all the possible spellings in the lede there, maybe that will help clarify things for confused readers. --LordPeterII (talk) 10:43, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * I assume it's, like the hebrew Heth? theleekycauldron (talk • contribs) (she/they) 17:16, 31 August 2022 (UTC)
 * It would transcribed as 'kh' these days, yes, but it's known in older sources as "Mocha". That's the dilemma. Iskandar323 (talk) 08:22, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Thank you guys for your interest. -- M h hossein   talk 10:35, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Probably? I don't know Hebrew, but yes, it's kinda like the "ch" in "loch". --LordPeterII (talk) 11:01, 1 September 2022 (UTC)
 * Yes, that's right - the other advantage of Mokha is that it prevents pronunciation like the coffee. Iskandar323 (talk) 11:37, 1 September 2022 (UTC)