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Re: Arrogance floats amongst the stars...
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Thu, 13 May 2004 01:21:43 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Don Heyse wrote:
> Um, what language did you just write that in.
Not the one I write my memos in. Or log, or blog, or anything other than texts
for outside consumption.
> Should we ignore your
> post because it's "written in English for outside consumption"? What
> are you implying?
If I wanted you to ignore my post, I would have written my reply in Portuguese.
My point is that the author *wants* to get your attention actively.
> I don't get it.
Then follow:
A blog is primarily some sort of journal, to be shared in the web; no argument
there. Usually, that is done in the author's language by a number of reasons,
not least of which is sharing the said document with his closest counterparts,
friends, family, whatever - who in turn can't be expected to know more than one
idiom.
Now, although I don't question if the authors are in fact Iraqi, the fact the
blogs are written in English (very good English, for what I could grasp) means a
number of things.
First, the authors have good contact with the English-speaking world; NOT the
sort of contact you gain after one year of occupation, rather the one you have
*before* the said occupation. Because let's face it, it's not as if English was
crucial in daily Iraqui life until recently...
Then comes what I stated in the previous post: it's meant for outside
consumption. Why not internal? I don't mean "internal" in the strictly Iraqi
sense, rather the "Arabic language" sense - it might be in the best interest of
the writers to voice their feelings among those who might benefit most from
their experiences (read, Arabs).
A few questions can be raised: who in Iraq speaks good English and is so
un-interested in advertising his newfound freedom/benefits to the oppressed who
live nearby?
Follow this line of reason in order to "get it": who can afford the web in
present-day Iraq? Who could afford good English classes in the not-so-distant
past? It really isn't the "average Iraqi", Don. But these blogs sure make the
target audience feel good.
Pedro
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| (...) Sure, I thought that was the point of keeping a blog on the internet. (...) Ok, you're still being too subtle for me, because I still don't get it. Educated, not average, employed, so what. Enough with the subtle hints, you're just going to (...) (20 years ago, 13-May-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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