[PretzelPirate]

You spelled Iraq as "Irak". Is there a meaning to this? I couldn't find a reference but wonder if that's somehow a meaningful spelling.

[SSLy]

It's the spelling used by French, German and couple of neighbouring languages.

[t-3]

Romanizations are fashion trends rather than any kind of science or real standardized system. Other than those places with Roman-era Latin spellings like Syria, others have dozens of variants.

[aucisson_masque]

Yes it's how we write in french.

[petre]

Yeah, he's probably French.