Thierry.;203514 wrote: Sorry gents forgot to put that in disclaimer, for those watching the show every time you see Omar (what a name he is trying to ruin) fast forward or switch channels. How anyone can like The Wire but hate Omar is beyond me! This is one of my favourite scenes of the entire series. Such a badass!

grasshopper;839003 wrote: I'm doing him a favour - he needs to know that was tough to listen to with all those unnecessary pauses between words. Indeed. I started watching the video earlier but gave up after a while.

I'm recalling this story from memory, so it might not be as colourful/accurate. The story takes place in the Hargega Cliffs. These cliffs are so high that, according to legend, anyone who falls off them reaches the ground below as pieces. Fardheere, an old cannibal who hasn't eaten for a while, is on the top of these cliffs. He spots a bootylicious woman walking down below carrying a chubby baby. In drooling over this out of reach blessing, he sings the lines. Bal gabadhaa badhida daya ......................................Look at the booty of that lady Bal baawdyo cadaanta daya......................................Look at her meaty legs Bal wiil kaay sidato daya ..........................................Look at the boy she's carrying Bal buluc-buluc diisa daya.........................................Look the softness of that fat Badiyo boholaha Xargega.........................................Oceans and cliffs of Hargega Niin xiimaayaay xidhaan..........................................Tend to block a speeding man Nin duulaayaay dabraan...........................................Tend to tie a flying man... Then he jumps and you know the rest.

Showqi;838964 wrote: Garnaqsi , I didn't disappoint my Somali teacher did I ?:cool: Abaal = Favor My last word Falaadh He would be proud! Falaadh = ray -- as in the rays of the sun (falaadhaha cadceeda).

By the way, I've once read an amazing book which exposed all those ridiculous Sheikh stories and myths of Somali tribes. It was written in Somali too. Taariikhda Soomaaliya: Dalkii Filka Weynaa ee Punt -- Muxamed Ibraahim Muxamed (Liiqliiqato).

Showqi;838961 wrote: Dhardhaar = the three stones that Somali Nomads use as Stoof I'm impressed! You win! Dhaxal = Inheritance. Abaal?

Mario B;838945 wrote: We have done that one @ Ganagsi Now that I had another look, it seems you did dhaandhaan and dardar but no dhardhaar. It's very different to the other two (and fair bit harder too). So I purpose it again: dhardhaar.

Qandalawi;838953 wrote: I'm still waiting for mine. Kurtun = tree trunk.

Narniah;838951 wrote: Fogaad= Long distance? Madaxadeg Madaxadeg = stubbornness.

Mario B -- Cheers. P. S. I thought you were 'fish and chips'. It's some impressive running you got in here.

Ogeysiis = notice.

Abwaan;838939 wrote: dambas = Dambas = ash. Dhardhaar.

Mario B;838929 wrote: Fidiy, fidiyay Fidin = spreading/expanding. Faafin.

Mario B;838925 wrote: I did mention rubber band, no? Oh, sorry. I missed that. Spot on, of course.

Wariiri = rollercoaster or spinning (just pure guess). Still standing: Cinjir. Mario B;838920 wrote: Fidiy Are you sure that's how you write it?

Miskiin-Macruuf-Aqiyaar;838911 wrote: Fiidmeer = bat Qalinjabin = graduate/graduation Too late. Honeslty, what's wariiri? It's probably just a regional word.

Here is the next one: Quud

Bluelicious;838901 wrote: Feed meer = Evening Qalin jibin. Qalin-jebin = graduation.

genius pauper.;838898 wrote: wariiri= ant cinjir doesn't exist, injir= lice Sun= qorax Fiid meer What? It does exist. Fiid meer = bat, I think.

Mario B;838894 wrote: Cinjir = Head Lice Sun No, that's injir. Sun = poison.

Xaaji Xunjuf;838890 wrote: Why are all east Africans obsessed with race. You mean Somalians, right? Other East Africans are happy with being black, as far as I know.

Wariiri? Are you sure that's a standard word? Cinjir.

Naxar Nugaaleed;838531 wrote: As for the question, in their heart of hearts, I think "Somalilander" would have chosen an unjust but functioning Somaliweyn rather then the sad state of affairs we have today. I can't speak for the rest, but I would definitely choose that.

My great grandmother had stunning Somali names for all of her daughters. The only one I can recall at the moment is Xulashi. Pity I forgot the rest. I'll ask my aunt. I was so impressed with some of them that I wanted to reserve them for my future daughters. Hehe! Anyway, I hope these haven't been mentioned: Iftin Haldhaa Barni Jookho Asli Dheeg Dhamo Barwaaqo Tusmo Qorsho Bariiso P. S. The last name is to do with dawn (the twilight before sunrise), not rice as some of you might be led to think.

He might be wrong, but it's historically well documented that Somali tribes were formed along the lines of what he appears to have been arrested for. As someone has remarked, the idea of 'baptising' a certain group of people into a particular clan is not unheard of.