<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; "><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Arabic-L: Wed 03 Jan 2007</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<A href="mailto:dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu">dilworth_parkinson@byu.edu</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To post messages to the list, send them to <A href="mailto:arabic-l@byu.edu">arabic-l@byu.edu</A>]</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><A href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</A> with first line reading:</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> unsubscribe arabic-l ]</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Directory------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1) Subject:Seasons Greetings</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">1)</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Date: 03 Jan 2007</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">From:"Dr. M. Deeb" <<A href="mailto:muhammaddeeb@gmail.com">muhammaddeeb@gmail.com</A>></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">Subject:Seasons Greetings</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Season's Greetings to All.</FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">I. Semitic:</FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Wingdings" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">Ø</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Arabic: </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT> <FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">أ</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><B>طيب تهانيً بعيد الميلاد ، وبالعام الجديد، وكل عام وأنتم بخير</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">.</SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><B> عساكم من عواده. بعوده الأيام)) </B></SPAN></FONT><B> </B></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Wingdings">Ø</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">Hebrew:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="5"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><B> חג מולד שמח ושנה טובה</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> (chag molad sameach v’shanah tovah)</DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">II. Sino-Tebetan:</FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Wingdings">Ø</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial">Chinese (Mandarin):</FONT></DIV><P style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>聖誕快樂</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>新年快樂</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B> [</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>圣诞快乐</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>新年快乐</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B>]</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic"><B>(shèngdàn kuàilè xīnnián kuàilè)</B></FONT></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">III. Indo-European:</DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Wingdings">Ø</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT>English: <B>Merry Christmas and happy New Year.</B></DIV><P style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24px; "> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 24.0px"> </P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><B>Ø</B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><B> كريسماس مبارك / سال نو مبارك</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> :Persian </SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="6"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"> </SPAN></FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Wingdings">Ø</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana">German: </FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic"><B>Fröhliche Weihnachten und ein gutes neues Jahr.</B></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 24px; "><B> </B></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">IV. Romance Languages & Matrix:</DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 48px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Wingdings">Ø</FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"><B> </B></SPAN></FONT><B>French: </B><A href="http://www.omniglot.com/soundfiles/christmas/hppyxmas_fr.mp3"><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>Joyeux Noël et bonne année.</B></SPAN></FONT></A></P><P style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 0px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"><B> </B></FONT></P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><B>Ø</B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><B>Italian: </B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>Buon Natale e felice anno nuovo</B></SPAN></FONT><B>.</B></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B> </B></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B> </B></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><B>Ø</B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B> Spanish</B></SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;">:</SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B> Feliz Navidad y próspero año nuevo</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><P style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="text-indent: -24px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 48px; "><B>Ø</B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Times New Arabic" size="2"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 9.3px;"> </SPAN></FONT><B>Latin: </B><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="4"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 14px;"><B>Natale hilare et annum faustum.</B></SPAN></FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 0px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><B> </B></DIV><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"> </P><DIV style="text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 384px; "><FONT class="Apple-style-span" face="Verdana"> * MD</FONT></DIV><DIV style="text-indent: 48px;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; min-height: 14px; "><BR></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">--------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; ">End of Arabic-L: 03 Jan 2007</DIV></BODY></HTML>