<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>Arabic-L: Mon 14 Feb 2011<br>Moderator: Dilworth Parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>[To post messages to the list, send them to arabic-l@byu.edu]<br>[To unsubscribe, send message from same address you subscribed from to<br><a href="mailto:listserv@byu.edu">listserv@byu.edu</a> with first line reading:<br> unsubscribe arabic-l ]<br><br>-------------------------Directory------------------------------------<br><br>1) Subject: Naming the recent events in Egypt<br><br>-------------------------Messages-----------------------------------<br>1)<br>Date: 14 Feb 2011<br>From: dil parkinson <<a href="mailto:dil@byu.edu">dil@byu.edu</a>><br>Subject: Naming the recent events in Egypt<br><br><div>I am interested in how well-known events get 'named', and what processes lead to particular names 'sticking'. For example, participants in the recent events in Egypt expressed annoyance when some news organizations referred to them as 'protests' rather than as a 'revolution'. Further, it seemed to me (although I could be wrong) that certain non-Egyptian news organizations consistently used 'Lotus' to refer to the Egyptian events, but that this was never adopted in the Egyptian press. I used search to come up with the following list of references to the events in the various newspapers listed. I would happy to hear of any additions or any insights into this naming process that other readers have come to.</div><div>dil</div><div><br></div><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; ">Ahram</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; 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; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة الفيس بووك</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة ٢٥ يناير</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة الشباب</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة شباب ٢٥ يناير</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة فيس بوكية</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة مصر</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; min-height: 17px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">Masri<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; "> </span>Alyom</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; 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"> </span>المواطنين<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>المصريين</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">Jazeera</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>مصر</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>المصريين</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>الشباب</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>الشعب<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>المصري</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; 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">ثورة<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>مصر</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>اللوتس</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; ">Alnahar</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; min-height: 15px; "><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-align: right; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Geeza Pro'; ">ثورة<span style="font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "> </span>مصر</div><div><br></div><br>--------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>End of Arabic-L: 14 Feb 2011</div></body></html>