Lingua

It's a one-word name for a time graph.  The correct spelling is CALENDAR.

Not "calender".

Not "calander".

Wordsmith.org runs a daily mailing list with "a word a day".  This past week they featured words that look like they relate to the US presidential elections in 2008 but in reality have nothing to do.

After the daily word "barrack", one subscriber to the list noted the following:

From: D. H. (NAME AND ADDRESS WITHHELD)
Subject: Re: A.Word.A.Day--barrack [wordsmith.org]
Def: 1. To shout in support: to cheer. 2. To shout against: to jeer.

The word Barrak is close to the name of Barack Obama whose name has only one "r". This name in Arabic
means blessed, which is derived from the Arabic word "Baraka" which means to bless (verb) or
blessing. The Arabic word "Mubarak" is also derived from "Baraka".

When Muslims greet each other at the end of the month of Ramadan fasting they say "Eid Mubarak" which
means: May Allah bless you on this holy occasion. There is a US postage stamp [www.usps.com] honoring
the Muslims of America with "Eid Mubarak" in Arabic calligraphy. But only "Eid" in English is shown.

Also, the President of Egypt is Hosni Mubarak. Hosni and Hussein (Barak Obama's middle name) are
derived from the same Arabic word "hassan" which means "good" or "noble".

So Barack Hussein Obama, approximately, means Blessed Noble Obama.  Could it be that Obama is swahili for something similarly as meaningful?