Fay Jay! A cab driver said insh'allah (sp) to me yesterday and I knew what the hell he meant!
(I'd said 'have a good day' or 'hope the weather breaks' or somesuch)
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 43: I Love My Dead Gay Whale Crosspost.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2006 10:17:27 am PDT #9699 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
erikaj - Apr 09, 2006 10:29:29 am PDT #9700 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Ojala in Spanish means about the same thing...one of the lasting leftovers of the Moorish influence in Spain.
Fay - Apr 09, 2006 10:30:44 am PDT #9701 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Cool!
Salaam alecum (Peace be upon you) is a most excellent multipurpose Hello/Goodbye phrase to employ in such circumstances. And the Arabic word (well, at least in Egyptian Arabic) for yes is "Iowa".
Topic!Cindy - Apr 09, 2006 10:41:45 am PDT #9702 of 10001
What is even happening?
I get a kick out of seeing young Muslims online, discussing the Prophet and putting "PBUH" in parentheses, after. It took me a while to realize that was essentially religious l33t for "peace be upon him."
Trudy Booth - Apr 09, 2006 10:44:50 am PDT #9703 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I learned 'sweetheart' in arabic a while ago. Now I'm up to, like, four words.
erikaj - Apr 09, 2006 10:47:18 am PDT #9704 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
And because of all the fiction set in the 'hoods of the world I read, I know that the thing to say back is "Aliechem salaam"
Theodosia - Apr 09, 2006 10:53:44 am PDT #9705 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Heh. On a S1 episode of Without A Trace, the imam of a Manhattan mosque gave the FBI agents a definitely ticked-off 'salaam aleichem' when they finished questioning him about a suspect that he thought wouldn't have been a terrorist in about a hundred years. He'd previously had to ask them to step outside when they'd walked in wearing their shoes. I like that this show often gets some cool details right without beating the viewer over the head with exposition about them.
sumi - Apr 09, 2006 11:09:20 am PDT #9706 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Is this week's #1 Single the last one?
Fay - Apr 09, 2006 11:10:40 am PDT #9707 of 10001
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
You really need to stop encouraging me, here, Trudy.
Important (Egyptian) Arabic Words:
Insh'allah (If God is willing - this is in response to ANYTHING where you might say 'yes', 'no' or 'maybe'.)
Al Khamdulaleh - Fantastic! (literally 'thanks be to God!'
Ma'alesh - No worries, dude.
Mufeesh Mushkella - it's not a problem
Ishtah! - Cool! (literally 'cream')
May-ah May-ah - Fantastic! (literally 100/100)
Haram ya lake (m)/ Haram ya lakie (f) - Shame on you.
Shookran - thanks
Ma'a'salema - Good bye
flea - Apr 09, 2006 11:16:26 am PDT #9708 of 10001
information libertarian
The most important Egyptian Arabic word I learned when I was there was "Imshi" = "go away", useful when small children or grown men are following you around like puppies.
I did like it when I walked down the street to a chorus of "beautiful lady!"