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Allahu Akbar is not the only Arabic you know.
Jul 30, 2015 6:03 PM
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textilelover
Baklava isn't Greek?
TheCalculator
No, it actually comes from the dish popular in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey and the Arab World), Baklawa.
textilelover
TIL
MaxFrench
Sadly, English is a hodgepodge language made up of words from German, Arabic, Hindi and a host of other languages.
TheMightOfChondria
You mean amazingly
MaxFrench
no, sadly...it makes it very difficult to learn; look how many Americans cannot speak English.
TheMightOfChondria
Ok, very true.
Flanneljack
I think it's funny that we get the word alcohol from Arabs, who don't even drink alcohol (technically)
HecallsmePunkinator
If you can't name it, how can you forbid it? Actually, Arabic does not equal Muslim.
Flanneljack
well duh, not all people that speak arabic are muslim, but you can at least appreciate the irony there
HecallsmePunkinator
I think the first sentence of my post demonstrates that I *did* appreciate what you said.