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politicat

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8. ... It's complicated.

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 21, 2014, 12:45 PM

Sep 2014

The French foreign ministry released a statement earlier this week referencing the Islamic State group as "Daesh." The new moniker is a transliteration of an acronym of the group's Arabic name "al-Dawla al-Islamiya fi al-Iraq wa al-Sham. It is also similar to the Arabic word that means "to trample."

from here: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/19/isis-daesh-france_n_5850280.html

Trampling, having to do with feet, soles of feet, shoes, is problematic. As a pun, it's kind of on the level of a "yo momma" joke.

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We have yet another name for ISIS, ISIL, IS... [View all] ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 OP

Arab speakers call them Daesh. It's an acronym for something or other. Comrade Grumpy Sep 2014 #1

... It's complicated. politicat Sep 2014 #8

Bogeyman #332? Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #2

Actually, just now on MSNBC where I heard Power say 'ISSLE' there was a ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #6

Khorasan. Just a new name for an old member of Al Qaeda. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #9

Thanks, CJCRANE! Appreciate the help with that. nt ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #10

How about Boogeyman Du Joir? 99Forever Sep 2014 #13

They're about as subtle as a turd in a salad. Tierra_y_Libertad Sep 2014 #14

Right? And something else that's change today vs. yesterday is that ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #15

It is important that we keep a timeline going dixiegrrrrl Sep 2014 #18

WE should call them "result of 50 years of absurd interference in the Middle East by USA" randys1 Sep 2014 #3

When you translate a word from a foreign language tritsofme Sep 2014 #4

How about calling them NEW and then stick with it? sabrina 1 Sep 2014 #17

It's not another name,both simply pronounced ISIL using sufrommich Sep 2014 #5

Exactly my point... so... Why? If everyone is using the long-form pronunciation, why ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #7

It rhymes with missile and fissile. CJCRANE Sep 2014 #11

It does, but my first impression was that it's just stupid. TPTB need to decide on ChisolmTrailDem Sep 2014 #12

Toyota must be happy... KurtNYC Sep 2014 #16

Something like fadedrose Sep 2014 #19

Be patient, we're still focus testing n/t whatchamacallit Sep 2014 #20

ISIS is Islamic State of Iraq and Syria fadedrose Sep 2014 #21