Xristos voskrese!

[Leslie Farmer]

For the Maronites (Lebanon, etc.): Al-Maseeh qaam--Haqqan qaam.

However (devout people may want to stop reading):













A British acquaintance of mine studying Arabic spent his first six months
living with a Muslim family, and learned very well--mostly by ear.   As some of
you know, among less-devout Muslims, "W'Allahi" (By God) has about as much
religious significance as "By George," and is so used.   When the British guy then
went up to Shemlan, the "spy school" in the Maronite village of the same
name, he went to Easter services with them, when coming out one is supposed to say
to the first person one meets, "Al--Maseeh qaam!"   He was the "recipient,"
and replied with great feeling, "W'Allahi qaam!"



Leslie

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