Comments on: American

By: Baraka

Baraka — Tue, 28 Nov 2006 19:32:43 +0000

I wrote the mandatory protest letter.

I’m so glad you did something far more creative & beautiful.

Kudos,

By: sepoy

sepoy — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 02:05:46 +0000

Yeah, Joey. You are Punk.

By: tsk

tsk — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 01:11:27 +0000

nothing in black? pssshhhhh…….

By: farangi

farangi — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 22:07:46 +0000

Raed, Sepoy:

Why bother being all grammarian for us Farangis? You know you all (’s alphabets) look alike to us.

By: Quizman

Quizman — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:41:05 +0000

Nice!

Meanwhile, you should really wear this shirt, both in the US and in Saudi Arabia. Remember what happened to the dude who said it?

By: sepoy

sepoy — Tue, 31 Oct 2006 01:47:43 +0000

raed: about the definite article for American in arabic. Actually, that was a decision made largely to distinguish between the urdu and the arabic in the farangi eye. orthographically, they would look too similar. so we decided to go

with the def. article in the arabic and non-gendered descriptor in urdu.

plus, the inside joke of an arabic reading of the text as “The American” was too delicious…

now, i wish i had thought of separating the m/f versions and i will def. do that.

Oh, and _you_ are the one doing all the good work. cheers, mate.

By: raed jarrar

raed jarrar — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 21:47:03 +0000

great idea. I can help with the arabic writing, it neds some fixing.

send me an email. Thank you for your great work.

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