Do you have any question for Pakistanis?
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I expected that one. In some parts of Pakistan there is religious intolerance. It is mainly due to lack of education. Schools here are expensive so poor people tend to send their children to Madersahs and since the British Indian government cut off their funding in 1857 war, they became useless. Their own teachers don't know about the religion they teach. Sometimes the teachings of Abul Ala Maududi are used and he was a man who was against the very creation of Pakistan in 1947. However in Karachi most people are tolerant and Hindus, Sikhs and Christians live in peace with Muslims. I can talk more on it later.Stephanos132 said:
My guess is, his grave. The newer videos don't even show his face properly.Mouse_Crouse said:
If not, then Afghanistan.
That's what is interesting to me: history, language. The area in which writing fucking developed is now stuck in a dark age not seen since medieval times due to corrupt assholes and religious extremists.mParadox said:Urdu is a hybrid really. Hindi's the god-father of Urdu so to speak. In effect, it's a beautiful language, you just need to learn the prose of it. =3The_root_of_all_evil said:Also, on language; Gujarati/Hindi sounds very aggressive to our ears, how would you rank English to yours, and what languages do you find difficulty in hearing? (I'm thinking Scots would be tough)
And something I'd really like to know, what's Pakistan's view on what happened in the Second World War; because every country I know has a differing opinion. (Apart from Adolf being a bad guy...most agree on that)
And being able to speak English is a sign of higher education.
And the WW2? Yeah... we were never compensated for it. Winston Churchill was very unkind to India. Causing a famine, killing lots of innocent people.
My question (and you may have answered this in the above quoted section but I did not want to assume anything) is: what is the prevailing written and spoken language in your area? Is it Urdu? Do many people speak Farsi or Arabic? Are there any Aramaic speakers around you?
I had a friend from Pakistan and many friends from India, and I still don't understand the land/border disputes, but I want to stick to language in this post. I suppose the reason why I find it interesting is that the Sumerians essentially began script writing among the public and the majority of Semetic languages use some variation or evolution of Akkadian to express their language in written form.
So another question is how comparable is Urdu to say Farsi? And if you don't know because you don't speak one or the other, don't sweat it. Most people in America can barely speak and write their own native language.
I'm also interested in the spoken form of the language. As a Westerner, when I hear many Semetic languages, it's hard for me to distinguish vowels and, even though the morphemes between consonants may be distinct, they tend to be hard consonants anyway (like 'k' or 'd'), so even their distinction is hard to discern for the uninitiated. I suppose my question here is how many similarities does Urdu/Hindi have to the Semetic branch in terms of phonology? Are Urdu and Farsi/Arabic/Hebrew distinguishable from each other?
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You know what, I just read the above and realize I am a huge fucking nerd. You don't have to answer any of that. Here's a better question: How was the weather today? Here it is fairly cool (~8-10ºC), randomly switching between rain and sun, but for the most part it's fairly damp.
A more worldly question: How are the disruptions in (especially) Egypt and Libya affecting things in Pakistan with the public?
Yes. MW. A game played by everyone sane and insane.warcraft4life said:Modern warfare?
Isn't that like.. the game that promotes the "middle east" as the bad guys generally?
That's like a German's main game being COD:WAW, nothing wrong with it, just strange
Not quite the same, so I'll have to withhold my hug for now.mParadox said:
Now, a relevant(?) question. What is the music education like there? Is there a particular focus on the local culture's music? How about the level of focus on modern stuff and European/Western compositions and styles.
Basically, how much does the education system focus on Mozart and Rimsky-Korsakov in comparison to Pakistani cultural music?
why did people from your country chose to move to denmark and take advantage of their hospitality, its gone from a nice country to a really bad place now.
not your fault but just sayin' ...
also what is your view on lulz
not your fault but just sayin' ...
also what is your view on lulz
We hate Indians because they betrayed us during partition. Kashmir was supposed to belong to us as it had a Muslim majority and the Pakistani rivers came from there. We also know that they hate us and as proof you can see Indian movies like Qaimat, Mission Kashmir, Border and others. Basically they use us in their movies like America uses Russians.ryai458 said:
And we won't let you bomb our country as that kills our people and it is also detrimental to the war on terror as those who survive the drones join the Taliban for revenge.
Our national language is Urdu.Shraggler said:
Urdu is a hybrid of nearly all the popular languages. Has even a bit of Greek in it. Farsi is the main influence including the writing style. Urdu and hindi. Both literally same in terms of vocals. But different writings.
I never knew your were from the middle east.mParadox said:
Now I see you in a new kind of light my friend... mostly because I'm read Kite Runner. <-<
Oh a question... how's the food?