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As salaam 'alaykum. Kayf?
Drat that's Egyptian, isn't it. :(

Ana zayn, wa inta?

@Wagonlitz assalaam alaykum means "peace onto you [all]". It's used in that form even when there's only one person, because it's more respectful maybe?
Point of order! That was a taco bowl.
God, so PC. Does it matter?? They all look the same to me.
 

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Fearmongering literally means "selling fear".

Huh. I did not know that. Makes sense that it's mostly used in relation to the media then!

What fearmongering?

That the immediate association you make is "not Danish = dangerous". Do not forget: you wouldn't have delicious kebabs without the Turks! ;)

Also assimilation has shown itself to take considerably longer than 3 generations; in fact we have loads of trouble exactly due to people not being fully assimilated after a few generations. Funnily enough the first generation is much more problem free (pre refugee crisis at least) than the second and third. Part of the problems stem from the second and third generationn feeling neither Danish nor the culture of their parents, but some kind of mix---i.e. feeling they are partially assimilated and don't belong anywhere.

Alright: 4 or 5 generations, instead of the 2 or three I said. Oh noes: twenty or forty more years will surely make us the anarchic wasteland that is the US! :p


In essence, your argument is oddly pessimistic: you do not trust your state structure to uphold itself long enough to either convince its own (new) citizens of its worth, or you consider its (new) citizens to be too dumb to appreciate the structure and thus destroy/neglect it. Always look on the bright side of life, Wagon. St. Brian on the Cross did that, surely we can, too? :p
 

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Partly. I used the short hand of a formal phrase, which can be mistaken as Egyptian.

Ana kulish zayn. Kayfe haula tux, hanauck?

Sorry for the dialect, it's a hard habit to kick.
We have clearly been using different textbooks/teachers, because I did not understand any of that second sentence. :( Or maybe you're just further along than I am.

Huh. I did not know that. Makes sense that it's mostly used in relation to the media then!
Fishmongering = selling fish; fearmongering = selling fear. The more you know! ;)

As long as we can do likewise, I fail to see the issue.
Because it's okay to treat women like stealable objects! Have a feminist cookie! *thumbs up
 

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We have clearly been using different textbooks/teachers, because I did not understand any of that second sentence. :( Or maybe you're just further along than I am.
Nah, I was using Iraqi dialect for that part, since I'm a little unsure of the formal Arabic version. Roughly, it translates to "I'm very good. What's the weather like over there?"
 

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Nah, I was using Iraqi dialect for that part, since I'm a little unsure of the formal Arabic version. Roughly, it translates to "I'm very good. What's the weather like over there?"
Ah, yes, I haven't gotten to weather yet. Weather is too hard. :p I'm still on "where is the hotel?" and "please sit down" and "I want tea and milk".
 

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Ah, yes, I haven't gotten to weather yet. Weather is too hard. :p I'm still on "where is the hotel?" and "please sit down" and "I want tea and milk".

When do you get to expressing Danish patriotism?
 

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Because it's okay to treat women like stealable objects! Have a economist cookie! *thumbs up
W/e I'm just in it for the cute Latin chicks.

PS I love that your post makes just as much sense with my filter on or off.
 

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If we weren't supposed to eat cow, why is it made out of food?
 

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Naturalistic fallacy.
How so? Those who have eaten man described the taste as similar to veal. Cows are mammals, so they probably do have some sentience.