30 Mosques in 30 Days

[shaad]

Some of you might enjoy the blog 30 Mosques in 30 Days. It documents Aman Ali and Bassam Tariq's journey through New York City's Muslim Community during Ramadan, essentially praying at a different mosque every day.

[FagunerAgun]

A good journey.
Colorful food dishes look so tempting before Iftari.

[auntu]

Thanks Shaad bhai. Lovely.

[Zeeshan]

Permit my french: un autre case du sousvelliance?

[Fazal]

Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
Permit my french: un autre case du sousvelliance?

Surveillance?

Hmmm....

[Zunaid]

sousveillance - a coined term that means recording of an activity from the perspective of a participant in the activity. A slightly more sinister variation (a proper subset of sousveillance) is inverse surveillance - "watchful vigilance from underneath.

I think Zee man was hinting at the latter?

[Ashfaq]

Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
Permit my french: un autre case du sousvelliance?

Excuse my rudeness but why are you posting in French? It's a community of Bangladeshies who can understand English. Please explain your french liaison to me.

Besides, French is sexy only in America. In bangladesh, french sounds like voice impaired mumbling.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Siraji
Excuse my rudeness but why are you posting in French? It's a community of Bangladeshies who can understand English. Please explain your french liaison to me.

Besides, French is sexy only in America. In bangladesh, french sounds like voice impaired mumbling.

You sure you want to go to the philological taxonomy showing what really consists of the language you call "English"?

[Ashfaq]

Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
You sure you want to go to the philological taxonomy showing what really consists of the language you call "English"?

I know nearly 80% of "English" words aren't Anglo-Saxon. But that was not my point and you know it, don't you?

[tonoy]

Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
You sure you want to go to the philological taxonomy showing what really consists of the language you call "English"?

Aren't you being a little smug now? Not not to be anal or anything, but is it not true that French is one of the Romance languages, while English is not even one. I think English was more part of the Gemanic Language than that of Romance.(or atleast that's what I last heard. Never took linguistics)

Yes, one could argue about the significant influence of the Old Norman and later Anglo Norman language, which led to the grafting of an elaborate layer of romance language onto that Germanic core. Besides, this so called "philological taxonomy" would just point to the fact of common linguistic root (proto-indo-european languages and beyond). So if you are suggesting that French and other Romance languages be allowed in BC because of common ancestry, then we might as well allow the inclusion of all Indo-European languages and beyond in this site.

[Imteaz]

Thanks for the Post.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by tonoy
Aren't you being a little smug now? Not not to be anal or anything, but is it not true that French is one of the Romance languages, while English is not even one. I think English was more part of the Gemanic Language than that of Romance.(or atleast that's what I last heard. Never took linguistics)

Yes, one could argue about the significant influence of the Old Norman and later Anglo Norman language, which led to the grafting of an elaborate layer of romance language onto that Germanic core. Besides, this so called "philological taxonomy" would just point to the fact of common linguistic root (proto-indo-european languages and beyond). So if you are suggesting that French and other Romance languages be allowed in BC because of common ancestry, then we might as well allow the inclusion of all Indo-European languages and beyond in this site.

I agree, but then again 28% of English is French in origin which comprises about 30,000 words of English vocabulary. So you are saying I can't get away by writing a sentence such as: "Musketeer murder pansy parent environ cul-de-sac." which consists of all French words even though they are in English dictionary?

[tonoy]

Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
I agree, but then again 28% of English is French in origin which comprises about 30,000 words of English vocabulary. So you are saying I can't get away by writing a sentence such as: "Musketeer murder pansy parent environ cul-de-sac." which consists of all French words even though they are in English dictionary?

Hmm, very astute...

[One World]

Thanks for the link Shaad, it has been a very intriguing read. The description of the mosque in Jamaica really moved me, also enjoyed reading about the two mosques in Staten Island one of which is really nice and carries the history of being involved in World War 2.

But the greatest find of the read was sepiamutiny.com. Browsing through those blogs giving me the inside repertoire of today's youth in the US.

[Tigers_eye]

In my opinion, trying to be a smart alike = Showing off = Putting others down. Not a good strategy. (joking posts are not included)

2nd, on a serious reply if .5% or less of the audience understands what is being said, it defuses the purpose of the post.

3rd, this is a public forum. Zee, you don't need any permit to post French, Swedish, Hindi etc. as long as no forum rules are broken.

On a lighter note, BK is untouchable (popularity contest).

[Puck]

Originally Posted by ZeeshanM
I agree, but then again 28% of English is French in origin which comprises about 30,000 words of English vocabulary. So you are saying I can't get away by writing a sentence such as: "Musketeer murder pansy parent environ cul-de-sac." which consists of all French words even though they are in English dictionary?

you are getting into murky waters here. that figure of 30% is often quoted by le academie but it consists of the vocabulary not the context of how words are used in each of these languages. etymologically, both languages have evolved and diverged from the original 1066 root. the context is so radically different in the contemporary age that to find any more than 5% or more 'similarity' would be entirely a misreading of both languages. french is certainly part of the romance language family and rather strictly controlled by le academie. english on the other hand is not a romance language at all and despite the endeavours of some famous lexicographers, have been rather organic in nature.

i am not sure about your upbringing or for that matter if you have spent any time in uk, however, the vernacular of the northern english dialects contain many nordic. gaelic and pictish words, just like western england follows the goidelic and brythonic roots. our own brown skinned colonial roots make french the obvious third language to learn but german is rather more akin to english than french.

to say that english is 28% french is like saying modern understanding of classical arabic by the bearded mullahs are etymologically and contextually what arabic was around 610 ce. in other words, a pure misunderstanding of how language evolves.

[Zeeshan]

Originally Posted by Siraji
Excuse my rudeness but why are you posting in French? It's a community of Bangladeshies who can understand English. Please explain your french liaison to me.

Originally Posted by tonoy
Aren't you being a little smug now? Not not to be anal or anything, but is it not true that French is one of the Romance languages, while English is not even one. I think English was more part of the Gemanic Language than that of Romance.(or atleast that's what I last heard. Never took linguistics)

Originally Posted by Tigers_eye
In my opinion, trying to be a smart alike = Showing off = Putting others down. Not a good strategy. (joking posts are not included)

2nd, on a serious reply if .5% or less of the audience understands what is being said, it defuses the purpose of the post.

3rd, this is a public forum. Zee, you don't need any permit to post French, Swedish, Hindi etc. as long as no forum rules are broken.

On a lighter note, BK is untouchable (popularity contest).

Originally Posted by Puck
you are getting into murky waters here.