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young_clinton
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 Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 7:16 pm Post subject: ISIS and Makkah and Madinah |
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| I wonder, if ISIS successfully takes Makkah and Madinah, will the Saudi King stay on as the Head custodian? |
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Coltronator
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 8:28 pm Post subject: |
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| But if they take Makkah where will the Chinese go to gamble? |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 9:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Coltronator wrote: |
| where will the Chinese go to gamble? |
Jeju? |
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Coltronator
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| Posted: Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:36 pm Post subject: |
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| Boom!! |
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Cave Dweller
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
Location: Seoul
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:39 pm Post subject: |
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Are you just taking the piss or do you seriously not know Mecca from Macau?
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| But if they take Makkah where will the Chinese go to gamble? |
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Coltronator
Joined: 04 Dec 2013
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I know Mecca from Macau, I know Medina's not so bizarre. However I have no idea what Makkah and Madinah are? |
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young_clinton
Joined: 09 Sep 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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| Makkah is the Saudi English spelling for Mecca, and Madinah is the Saudi English spelling for Medina. |
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Nester Noodlemon
Joined: 16 Jan 2009
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| Posted: Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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Funky Cold Medina
Cold coolin' at a bar, |
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Coltronator
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:00 am Post subject: |
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| cool thanks, learn something new everyday |
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Died By Bear
Joined: 13 Jul 2010
Location: On the big lake they call Gitche Gumee
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| The old king kicked the bucket yesterday (congestive heart failure). His brother is 80 years old, I wonder how long he'll last. |
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Chaparrastique
Joined: 01 Jan 2014
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| Posted: Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:08 am Post subject: |
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| young_clinton wrote: |
| Makkah is the Saudi English spelling for Mecca, and Madinah is the Saudi English spelling for Medina. |
British/American English spellings are standard, they take precedence over local spellings.
Isn't it a bit presumptuous when foreign cultures are bold enough to pretend to teach us the best way to spell our own language? |
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Cave Dweller
Joined: 17 Aug 2014
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| Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 5:52 pm Post subject: |
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Kind of like how Koreans tell the world to call The Sea of Japan the east sea. In English.
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| Makkah is the Saudi English spelling for Mecca, and Madinah is the Saudi English spelling for Medina. |
British/American English spellings are standard, they take precedence over local spellings.
Isn't it a bit presumptuous when foreign cultures are bold enough to pretend to teach us the best way to spell our own language? |
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Coltronator
Joined: 04 Dec 2013
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| Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2015 3:50 am Post subject: |
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| Fair enough kinda, but that is nomenclature and a U.N. issue not an English issue. |
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