Late last night al-Jazeera reported that it had obtained a signed official memo from Damietta governorate ordering government employees to go vote “yes” in today’s referendum on the constitution. It has been circulating by email quite rapidly.
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So they dont’ even have a greeting but just begin with ba’d al-tahiyya? That’s what I call respect for the voting cattle.
‘ba’d al-tahiyya’ is standard (Egyptian) Arabic letter writing , so it is not unusual. But I know what you mean.
Did you see the horoscopes in today’s (March 26th) Al Akhbar newspaper? Each sun-sign literally tells you to go vote yes in the referendum. That’s what I call black humour.
to soit: ‘”bna’am” since the meaning is: to go and “vote with a yes”, not to “vote yes”. That more the arabic way. to Waleed: being a “libra”, i’m glad that “alakhbar” astrologer gave me an exemption from going to “vote with a yes” 😉
So they dont’ even have a greeting but just begin with ba’d al-tahiyya? That’s what I call respect for the voting cattle.
As a beginning student of Arabic, why is it “bna’am” and not just “na’am”?
‘ba’d al-tahiyya’ is standard (Egyptian) Arabic letter writing , so it is not unusual. But I know what you mean.
Did you see the horoscopes in today’s (March 26th) Al Akhbar newspaper? Each sun-sign literally tells you to go vote yes in the referendum. That’s what I call black humour.
to soit: ‘”bna’am” since the meaning is: to go and “vote with a yes”, not to “vote yes”. That more the arabic way.
to Waleed: being a “libra”, i’m glad that “alakhbar” astrologer gave me an exemption from going to “vote with a yes” 😉