I'm an Inshallah user, but I choose my audience...wouldn't say it to
a Sikh, I'd say Waheguru Ki Fateh...and I say Lahemdullah in the
Magreb ;-).
Then there's the question of what I say when I stub my toe or miss a
nail and pound my finger with a hammer? I think automatic curses are
more interesting, because they indicate very strongly where you came
from.
D
On Jun 20, 2008, at 6:47 AM, Rishab Ghosh wrote:
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 06:45:05AM -0700, Tim Bray wrote:
As a former foreign resident of an Arabic-speaking country
(Lebanon) I
can testify that Inshallah was widely used by all ethnic groups
there,
but with varying degrees of irony.
exactly. i would happily use it all the time too, i think it's
especially apt for anything that depends on computers,
bureaucracies or transport. but i don't want to be thrown in jail
for being a terrrrst.
-r
