For Jaladhi and Arabic translations

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Oct 18, 2006 at 17:53

Hi jaladhi:

The sentence; "ya ayuha al-faylasoof (faylasoofa f.) al-kabeer (kabeerra f.) is a wonderful Arabic sentence and it is a very subtle way of being sarcastic to some one who has no clue about what they are talking about but still pretend to know what they are babbling about. I hope I'm making myself clear. And it is very common in this blog to come across wannabe Arabs that pretend to know Arabic and then you discover that they just have no clue. And the fuuny thing is: non of those wannabe Arabs ever asked me what does this sentence mean because it will expose them as knowing no Arabic.

So what does it mean? I still waiting for one of the tableghees to tell me what it means. But I will let you guess: kabeer means big and faylasoof means philosopher and ya means O and ayuha means you! I know you will put it together. It sounds lame in English but it sounds just great in Arabic.

I also like the Yiddish word: Chutzpah. It is vey hard to define but it very well describe many of the Indian and Pakistani Muslims that I had chats with in this blog. I'm sure you will find the definition in any American English language dictionary.

And yes and it is not wishful thinking but Islam and the fraudulent Jihad will be defeated in the market place of ideas.

Thanks.

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