# Why is everyone misspelling the word "Koran" nowdays? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 22, 2010, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-misspelling-the-word-koran-nowdays/551057 "2010-08-22T13:11:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Polycarp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Polycarp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Polycarp)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-misspelling-the-word-koran-nowdays/551057/41 "2010-08-25T18:02:20Z")
The aleph and the ayin are both silent, but it’s a _different kind of_ silence. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aji_de_gallina/32/260_2.png) [@Aji\_de\_Gallina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aji_de_Gallina)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-misspelling-the-word-koran-nowdays/551057/42 "2010-08-25T18:58:07Z")
> [@Polycarp](#): > > The aleph and the ayin are both silent, but it’s a _different kind of_ silence. 😛 You’ve been waiting all your life for the right moment to say that joke, haven’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2010, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-misspelling-the-word-koran-nowdays/551057/43 "2010-08-25T19:11:47Z")
On a similar note, while growing up we referred to people who adhered to the Koran as “Moslims,” with a few references here and there to “Muslims.” I can’t quite place when the latter overtook the former. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-everyone-misspelling-the-word-koran-nowdays/551057.md?page=2)