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Douglas Berry ([personal profile] gridlore) wrote2011-07-22 10:32 am
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‘Haboob’ Hubbub: Arizonans Protest Common Meteorological Term As Evidence Of Muslim Infiltration

‘Haboob’ Hubbub: Arizonans Protest Common Meteorological Term As Evidence Of Muslim Infiltration

English is a language that lures other languages down dark alleys, mugs them for loan words, then rifles their pockets for loose syntax.

Haboob is the term for a thick dust storm. A ghibli or sirocco is a sand storm with hurricane force winds. These bigots need to learn to deal.

Anyway, Afghan vets are more likely to refer to a dust storm as a Khamsin, the Pashto term for a violent sand/dust storm

[identity profile] guruwench.livejournal.com 2011-07-22 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
*shakes her head* Ye ghods, people.

[identity profile] cmdr-zoom.livejournal.com 2011-07-22 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Suggesting the existence of g(h)ods other than the LORD is crimethink, citizen.

[identity profile] guruwench.livejournal.com 2011-07-22 06:09 pm (UTC)(link)
True, but I'm Canadian, so I can still get away with that.