Posted on 09/13/2010 1:34:04 PM PDT by paterfamilias
Is it Muslim or Moslem?
When Baby Boomers were children it was Moslem. The American Heritage Dictionary (1992) noted, "Moslem is the form predominantly preferred in journalism and popular usage. Muslim is preferred by scholars and by English-speaking adherents of Islam." No more. Now, almost everybody uses Muslim.
According to the Center for Nonproliferation Studies, "Moslem and Muslim are basically two different spellings for the same word." But the seemingly arbitrary choice of spellings is a sensitive subject for many followers of Islam. Whereas for most English speakers, the two words are synonymous in meaning, the Arabic roots of the two words are very different. A Muslim in Arabic means "one who gives himself to God," and is by definition, someone who adheres to Islam. By contrast, a Moslem in Arabic means "one who is evil and unjust" when the word is pronounced, as it is in English, Mozlem with a z.
For others, this spelling differentiation is merely a linguistic matter, with the two spellings a result of variation in transliteration methods. Both Moslem and Muslim are used as nouns. But some writers use Moslem when the word is employed as an adjective.
Journalists switched to Muslim from Moslem in recent years under pressure from Islamic groups. But the use of the word Moslem has not entirely ceased. Established institutions which used the older form of the name have been reluctant to change. The American Moslem Foundation is still the American Moslem Foundation (much as the NAACP is still the NAACP--the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The journal The Moslem World--published by the Hartford Seminary in Connecticut--is still The Moslem World.
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Pseudo-intellectual posturing.
Don't forget Nick-uh-rah-gwa is now Nee-keh-rrrrrahhhh-gwa. I've also noticed some now are saying May-hee-ko for Mex-ih-ko.
As for the "posturing" --- these days it's not just intellectual but has begun to take the form of bowing down. ;-)
Ditto!
YAY!
corpsman is now corpse man....
Most of 'em say that!
I vote that “post of the week”....I laughed so hard, I almost spit my sprite all over the computer. Thanks for the laugh I needed that after a long Monday!
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Could someone hit the NASCAR ping list and get everyone over to this thread?
I think you just did and if you think I am going to say something and get myself banned you are wrong!
Because I’ve been told it’s not nice to say rag head.
No, I don’t have the list. I just grabbed a few names and put them up. Again Please use the entire list so all FReepers will learn how to spell Moslem properly.
I will occasionally use raghead and/or rugrider without any warnings from the Mods.
Are you sure it isn’t “Muzzle ‘em”?
Pseudo-intellectual posturing.
Don't forget: New Amsterdam is now New York.
:^)
I keep hearing about all the moderates yet I never see any of them stand up and protest against the ‘radical’ 1-2%.
So until the majority stands up, defends this country, shouts down the “disturbed”, moslems, muslims, jihadis, whatever, will all be considered the enemy.
There is currently only a small percentage of people who know when the word is pronounced, Mozlem with a z means "one who is evil and unjust".
Check your mail.
Well, then git off'n the 'puter, and gitcha some shut-eye.
I have a very Irish last name. I get VERY offended when liberals do not pronounce it with an Irish Brogue (even though I really can’t do it myself).
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