Re: arabic terms related to atheism

From: Andrew Lias (anrwlias_at_gmail.com)
Date: 08/19/04 

Date: 19 Aug 2004 10:22:26 -0700

"Peter T. Daniels" <grammatim@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message news:<41227FF9.7213@worldnet.att.net>...
> Warble606 wrote:
>
> > Interesting point: the dictionary I'm using says
> > arabic has no verb for "to have". You have to use
> > prepositions somehow. I guess the gods smited them on that one...
>
> Hebrew doesn't either. How does that fit in with your interpretation?
>
> I snipped your miserable attempt at discussing Arabic because you
> obviously know nothing about Arabic.

You also snipped the part where he said:

"I offer no warranty on this however and I suggest you seek out a
friendly Arab infidel for confirmation."

as well as:

"Wheew...so anyway my guess as to how one might say "god doesn't
exist"
in iraqi arabic is something along the lines of [...]"

Note the "guess" clause.

I think that it's fairly clear that he isn't claiming expertise but is
simply doing his best to work out how to say the phrase with what
little information and knowledge he has of the language.

> You reall oughtn't to be crossposting to sci.lang and trying to talk
> about language at the same time.

My guess is that he's crossposting to sci.lang in the hopes that those
who do know better can assist him.

It's a shame that you preferred to simply bash him, instead. 

--
Andrew Lias
http://andrewlias.blogspot.com

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