mirrorbird(21:55:43)
OC: who is teaching you Kurdish?
mirrorbird(21:55:23)
yes, we saw some nasty dynamiting of sculpture in the headlines. i suppose this was hyper-quranic enthusiasm, but who fucking know, when you've got kids and ammo
Oldchap(21:55:05)
I've been learning Kurdish lately which has been interesting, in regard to learning about minor differences in the Persian script, which Kurdish uses (Persian script being based on Arabic script).
Oldchap(21:54:19)
Yeah, it is. Because the depiction of human/animal form was forbidden in shari'a law, artistic energy in many Muslim societies for many centuries was channeled into calligraphy and script styles.
mirrorbird(21:51:33)
forgotten all the vocab. but i can still parse the text, that was what i wanted. it's beautiful, arabic writing, gorgeous
mirrorbird(21:50:57)
when i learned the most basic beginner arabic (as extra credit at a brit university) the teacher was a libyan
mirrorbird(21:48:28)
if they don't want me i will do something else. maye interactive fiction.
mirrorbird(21:48:11)
OC: lol, no i suck now. wiktionary is currently buzzing like a beehive trying to work out how to punish the guy who does 90% of the work but doesn't follow "code of conduct", i don't even read that shit
mirrorbird(21:47:22)
...took in your comment about (i will misphrase it, but ykwim) the news media like "they are always fighting", whereas you were trying to make the point that this was *systematic*
mirrorbird(21:46:39)
did enjoy your piece OC by the way. you have the good academic voice/tone, how do i put it. but even if you talked like a grunting ogre you clearly were in the right place at the right time. i ... [more]