Arabic-L:LING:The Commander Guy

[Dilworth Parkinson]

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Date: 17 May 2007
From:"Dr. M Deeb" <muhammaddeeb at gmail.com>
Subject:The Commander Guy


While Mr. Dick Cheney makes an unannounced visit to Iraq, and then  
goes a-visiting to Egypt and other client states to mobilize Arabs  
against Iran, Mr. AHmadī Nijād of Iran goes to the UAE to undercut  
the US hegemony over the region.  Meanwhile, President Bush re- 
asserts his status as the commander-in-chief of the US armed forces.
Jih ād al-Khāzin concludes his daily column in al-Hayāt, 14/ 05/  
07, with this statement:
التخبط الأميركي في العراق، ومعه إهانة  
الاستهانة بأرواح العراقيين وثمنها
تبدأ مع الجنود الذين يطلقون النار ، ثم  
يسألون إن كان الهدف مدنيا
وتنتهي عند جورج بوش ، القائد الأعلى  
للقوات المسلحة الأمريكية
الذي نبه المستمعين أخيرا أنه ال
commander gay (*)
وهي عبارة يمكن ترجمتها
الزلمي القائد ، أو الريَّال، أو الزول ...
Three words coming from Lebanon, the Arab Gulf, and Sudan are used in  
the last line to mean person or man.   The Egyptian equivalent is /  
جَدَع / with a hard ( ﺝ ).
<>MD
Edmonton , May 14, '07.
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(*) This is a typo, and I believe Mr.   al-Khāzin means "guy," not  
"gay."

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