tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post4358696420386179877..comments2024-03-28T02:54:46.537-04:00Comments on The TOF Spot: TEA WORMS OF DUNETheOFloinnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-85959598053908906692022-02-14T18:06:04.030-05:002022-02-14T18:06:04.030-05:00So then it's going with Classical Arabic, whic...So then it's going with Classical Arabic, which is probably also the Standard pronunciation that would be used by Al-Jazeera.<br /><br />The idea anyone even uses anything we'd recognize as Arabic, 8000 years in the future, is ludicrous in the first place. <i>Afro-Asiatic languages</i> barely existed 8000 years ago, and Semitic is only back 6000. Even if you assume voice recordings slow linguistic change by half, we're still talking 4000 years—the difference between the first Egyptian ever written, and the last form of Coptic before the Ottomans finally killed it off.<br /><br />Just assume anything that looks like an existing language in <i>Dune</i> is translation convention, like the English, Old English, and Old Norse in <i>Lord of the Rings</i>. Sophia's Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02871625814389904112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-83316856306026158132022-01-03T10:49:19.766-05:002022-01-03T10:49:19.766-05:00So they could have named the film, "From Here...So they could have named the film, "From Here to Eternal Tea."pneutralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09833994839305856077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-3563794943597210912021-11-20T13:52:34.998-05:002021-11-20T13:52:34.998-05:00My daughter lived in Jordan for two years and grew...My daughter lived in Jordan for two years and grew familiar not only with Shamsi, but also Egyptian, Peninsular, and Maghrebi, as well as Iraqi (from refugees).TheOFloinnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14756711106266484327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-447603865959500290.post-90574594912426545432021-11-18T22:37:02.757-05:002021-11-18T22:37:02.757-05:00There are a lot of different Arabic dialects, and ...There are a lot of different Arabic dialects, and thus a lot of different correct Arabic pronunciations. Bansheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12594214770417497135noreply@blogger.com