From: davideml@bellsouth.net   
      
   "Florian Blaschke"  wrote in message   
   news:fdp9ip$113$00$1@news.t-online.com...   
   > David E. Milligan wrote:   
   >> No one seems to know how Jinn/djinn/gin is supposed to be spelled.   
   >   
   > Gin is an alcoholic drink.   
   >   
   > Djinn is a French-type and Jinn an English-type spelling of one and the   
   > same Arabic word which originally means "concealment" and which denotes   
   > a race of supernatural beings lesser than gods, so we may translate the   
   > term as "spirits". Another English word for them which happens to sound   
   > very similar is "genies".   
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   > Florian   
   > GGGHD, MWFA, HCNB   
   >   
           The reason I brought it up was because (on Whoosh) it is spelled   
   'Jinn' in all the   
   synopses, but djinn in the transcript. So, which is it supposed to be?   
      
   David   
      
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