Comments on: The Arabic Legacy in English Words http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/etymology/the-arabic-legacy-in-english-words/ All about learning Spanish and English and the Tomísimo bilingual dictionary Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:12:18 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Zach http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/etymology/the-arabic-legacy-in-english-words/comment-page-1/#comment-2973 Zach Sat, 14 Apr 2007 02:07:59 +0000 http://www.tomisimo.org/blog/2007/etymology/the-arabic-legacy-in-english-words/#comment-2973 Very interesting. I never realized that most of those words originally came from Arabic, except for algebra (I sometimes think I could do without the existence of algebra). :) Also, that police story is horrible! It's too bad that people have to be racist and stereotypical. Especially those in law enforcement, since to me they should be our model citizens. The Arabic world is huge, it's stupid to consider all people that "look" it to be terrorists just because of the existence of a few extremist groups in some war-torn countries. It's the same as considering every white person a member of the Mafia. Very interesting. I never realized that most of those words originally came from Arabic, except for algebra (I sometimes think I could do without the existence of algebra). :)

Also, that police story is horrible! It’s too bad that people have to be racist and stereotypical. Especially those in law enforcement, since to me they should be our model citizens. The Arabic world is huge, it’s stupid to consider all people that “look” it to be terrorists just because of the existence of a few extremist groups in some war-torn countries. It’s the same as considering every white person a member of the Mafia.

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