mirrorbird (21:57:28)
ah i wasn't sure where you were

mirrorbird (21:57:18)
script vs language... so... what is your learning story? cause i know you are already educated enough to teach at a high level

Oldchap (21:57:07)
I'm living in Kurdistan now. I've got a good teacher.

mirrorbird (21:56:52)
i've seen the dude who runs the newsagent down the road reading "arabic" newspaper, obviously that one is Urdu

Oldchap (21:56:44)
A lot of that is testosterone combined with fundamentalist religiosity...

mirrorbird (21:55:43)
OC: who is teaching you Kurdish?

mirrorbird (21:55:23)
yes, we saw some nasty dynamiting of sculpture in the headlines. i suppose this was hyper-quranic enthusiasm, but who fucking know, when you've got kids and ammo

Oldchap (21:55:05)
I've been learning Kurdish lately which has been interesting, in regard to learning about minor differences in the Persian script, which Kurdish uses (Persian script being based on Arabic script).

Oldchap (21:54:19)
Yeah, it is. Because the depiction of human/animal form was forbidden in shari'a law, artistic energy in many Muslim societies for many centuries was channeled into calligraphy and script styles.

mirrorbird (21:51:33)
forgotten all the vocab. but i can still parse the text, that was what i wanted. it's beautiful, arabic writing, gorgeous

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