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Made the mistake of getting up as I was having trouble getting to sleep and checking my email. Frankly, this one might work for [livejournal.com profile] seanchaidh's list of stupid comments/questions.

How can anyone in this day and age apparently not know that Arabic is a language spoken by millions all across the Middle East and further afield? To the point that when someone asks for the Arabic for a particular word they suggest that the language they really want is Farsi and imply that only archaic versions of Arabic still remain.

Why worry? Arabic is only spoken by approximately 286 million people and is an official language of 25 countries.

Date: 2005-06-22 01:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] captain-tiv.livejournal.com
In this day and age, I'm not surprised by people not knowing basics.

You learn so much by listening to these types of questions and answers. Did you know that the Beatles were Paul McCartney's first back up band? ;)

Date: 2005-06-22 08:33 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] graculus.livejournal.com
I'm sure at times he would like to tell himself this. ;)

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