Arabic-L:Arabic romanization in social networking media

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1) Subject: Arabic romanization in social networking media

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Date: 8 Sep 2010
From: Joseph Lowry <joseph.lowry at verizon.net>
Subject: Arabic romanization in social networking media

Dear Colleagues,

A colleague in Chinese has asked me whether Arabic speakers use  
"romanization" on  their Facebook or other social networking pages.   
Since I work almost exclusively on premodern texts, and also do not  
subscribe to any social networking sites, I am doubly unqualified to  
answer this question, so I am asking you.  Can I ask you please to  
respond directly to me and I will collate your answers and forward  
them to my colleague.  If anyone happens to be studying this  
phenomenon, which probably extends to the use of romanization in any  
digital media, like texting, I'm sure my colleague would like to hear  
from you and I could put you in touch.

Thanks,
Joe Lowry

Dr. Joseph E. Lowry
Associate Professor of Arabic and Islamic Studies
Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations
847 Williams Hall
255 South 36th Street
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
(215) 898-7466
elowry at sas.upenn.edu

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