Arabic-L:PEDA:Answers to newcomer questions

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Date: 04 Aug 2003
From: karmanal <karmanal at aucegypt.edu>
Subject:Answers to newcomer questions

Hi Alan,

The difference between Modern Standard Arabic and Egyptian Arabic, is  
almost –
not quite – the same difference between British-English and  
American-English,
just to have an idea. Egyptian Arabic has its own choice of words out  
of the
many equivalencies in Modern Standard. It has also some loan-words out  
of
European, Persian and Turkish language. It follows most of the grammar  
rules
of the Modern Standard, softens some of them to make them easier. It  
has its
own changes of vowels and stress in the words etc.
Egyptian Arabic is not the most widely spoken, we would need then  
statistics.
However, it's most widely understood, as a result of the widely famous  
and
beloved Egyptian movies, songs etc.

I don't know anything about Mac OS X. I use IBM, which has support for  
Arabic
fonts. I personally prefer Word office 97.

Best wishes,
Dr.Manal Hassan
Egyptian
Instructor of Arabic for foreigners

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