Overall, I'd prefer "don't be a donkey". Donkey is a very insulting word in Arabic. لا تتصرف مثل البطريق دماغ اللعنة
This translates back from Arabic as 'do not act like a penguin brain Damn'. The original English was 'Don't act like a f***-brained penguin'. Few speak Arabic per se, and this adds a further lost in translation wall to the local patois. Gabby has you on the run here Allan - surely we need an absolute prohibition on murder, rape and slavery - after all, we have such for red traffic lights? On Monday, January 5, 2015 10:58:03 AM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: > > Would the semicolon go after avoid? > > ~~ > تجنب القتل أو الاغتصاب أو استعباد الآخرين > Avoid murder, rape or enslaving others > > -----Original Message----- > From: archytas <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 11:42 AM > Subject: Mind's Eye Re: Sig line > > Allan - in my Arabic - English translator - your Arabic translates to > "Avoid murder, rape and enslave others'. This could be the assertion not > to commit murder - but the comma could indicate more than a mere pause and > suggest after one had avoided murder, one should go on and commit rape and > enslave others. I doubt this is your intent my dear chap. If it is a > semi-colon would add clarity. > > When is the meeting of the Mind's Eye Terrorist Special Interest Group > Gabbs? I remember you volunteering to chair this SIG, but lost interest > when you asked for finance to buy sharpened mangoes. > > On Monday, January 5, 2015 8:59:51 AM UTC, Allan Heretic wrote: >> >> Made a minor change to my sig line and am wondering your thoughts. >> Changed Do not to avoid.. logic being the captain of the titanic would >> have been wise to "Avoid" icebergs. >> >> ~~ >> تجنب القتل أو الاغتصاب أو استعباد الآخرين >> Avoid murder, rape or enslaving others > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > ""Minds Eye"" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
