Certainly not a hill I would die on
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Certainly not a hill I would die on
😆 Fair enough
I would still reckon that it's probabilistic; there are common changes and uncommon changes. I'm lost wrt Saul though, that just sounds like a typo
I would still reckon that it's probabilistic; there are common changes and uncommon changes. I'm lost wrt Saul though, that just sounds like a typo
November 24, 2025 at 3:49 PM
😆 Fair enough
I would still reckon that it's probabilistic; there are common changes and uncommon changes. I'm lost wrt Saul though, that just sounds like a typo
I would still reckon that it's probabilistic; there are common changes and uncommon changes. I'm lost wrt Saul though, that just sounds like a typo
So, I'm kinda spitballing here, but doesn't a parallelism like that still require a viable phonological pathway?
November 24, 2025 at 2:36 PM
So, I'm kinda spitballing here, but doesn't a parallelism like that still require a viable phonological pathway?
It definitely comes up!
November 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
It definitely comes up!
See also: Yelling at people to "calm down!"
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
See also: Yelling at people to "calm down!"
I figured someone would reference that since it's recent. But it's one in a sea of hypotheses and opinions, and even in the article it's held tentatively as far I can remember.
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
I figured someone would reference that since it's recent. But it's one in a sea of hypotheses and opinions, and even in the article it's held tentatively as far I can remember.
Also .... I believe عيسى / يسوع is by metathesis
November 24, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Also .... I believe عيسى / يسوع is by metathesis
The third Egyptian character (a lateral?) doesn't show up for me—but I do know examples of metathesis with pharyngeals in Arabic ... I personally think metathesis follows a "markedness hierarchy" in Arabic though I am not sure I could defend that position. Metathesis = chaos
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The third Egyptian character (a lateral?) doesn't show up for me—but I do know examples of metathesis with pharyngeals in Arabic ... I personally think metathesis follows a "markedness hierarchy" in Arabic though I am not sure I could defend that position. Metathesis = chaos
nailed it (hopefully not literally)
November 24, 2025 at 2:37 AM
nailed it (hopefully not literally)
Some bonus jewellery vocab from Faces of Fujairah:
šnāf 'design (on a traditional necklace)'
garḏāla 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
mɨglɨṣ 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
The last one is possibly an adaptation of nɨklɨs (< Eng necklace).
šnāf 'design (on a traditional necklace)'
garḏāla 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
mɨglɨṣ 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
The last one is possibly an adaptation of nɨklɨs (< Eng necklace).
November 24, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Some bonus jewellery vocab from Faces of Fujairah:
šnāf 'design (on a traditional necklace)'
garḏāla 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
mɨglɨṣ 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
The last one is possibly an adaptation of nɨklɨs (< Eng necklace).
šnāf 'design (on a traditional necklace)'
garḏāla 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
mɨglɨṣ 'traditional necklace (= mɨrrīya)'
The last one is possibly an adaptation of nɨklɨs (< Eng necklace).
Reposted by Mark Shockley
My uncle's copy of Sefer Yetzirah, acquired so from his friend, has the best inscription of this sort I've ever seen
It goes as follows
אסור ליקח בלי רשות. ואם תקח, אהפוך אותך לצפרדע.
It goes as follows
אסור ליקח בלי רשות. ואם תקח, אהפוך אותך לצפרדע.
November 24, 2025 at 12:22 AM
My uncle's copy of Sefer Yetzirah, acquired so from his friend, has the best inscription of this sort I've ever seen
It goes as follows
אסור ליקח בלי רשות. ואם תקח, אהפוך אותך לצפרדע.
It goes as follows
אסור ליקח בלי רשות. ואם תקח, אהפוך אותך לצפרדע.
njarrib--it's a common word, but n- for 1st person singular is a north African thing. Maybe there's some other usage in the Gulf that sounds similar but first-person singular prefix is a- here in the Gulf.
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
njarrib--it's a common word, but n- for 1st person singular is a north African thing. Maybe there's some other usage in the Gulf that sounds similar but first-person singular prefix is a- here in the Gulf.
شكراً جزيلاً للكلمات الجميلة
November 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
شكراً جزيلاً للكلمات الجميلة
Permissible (I can't remember but I think this was in Mleiha, Sharjah)
November 23, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Permissible (I can't remember but I think this was in Mleiha, Sharjah)
Discouraged and forbidden
November 23, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Discouraged and forbidden
I think one is فرض
(also RAK)
(also RAK)
November 23, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I think one is فرض
(also RAK)
(also RAK)
Here is the recommended camel photo
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Here is the recommended camel photo
I'm part Welsh so yeah.
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
I'm part Welsh so yeah.
I thought I wasn't but then I remembered supersessionism/replacement theology
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 AM
I thought I wasn't but then I remembered supersessionism/replacement theology