I wasn't talking to you that last time, sillysista. You're not paying attention to the content but to me. I don't need your attention. Move on and behave.

Jacaylbaro, such a romantic, u are. I haven't got jack to share but I wouldn't mind hearing some more stories. Especially from the guys...

What are you getting defensive for? I was asking for clarification of your opinion. I still don't agree with you. Handle it. C'est la vie. Mercy me.

Because you are still living in a closed eye state, you still see what they want you to see. Who is 'they'? Inorder to understand you have to look deep within yourself, and find who you really are and not what people parents atc want you to be. and not wat religion wants you to be. Not what religion wants me to be? :confused: I'd say someone concerned with rebellion(still don't know against whom) as opposed to submission is the one who has some more spiritual evolving to do. I don't worry myself over how wearing the hijab appears to family, strangers or 'they' whoever they may be. It is a choice that I have made for myself quietly and comfortably. I assume the point that you're trying to make is do people behave in certain ways out of a societal pressure or a genuine desire after reflection. I'd agree with you on the necessity of reflection but this rebellion business sounds contradictory. If u're rebelling against them then they're an issue for you.

U know what, Xoogsade, u're right, there's nothing little about guiding me linguistically when it comes to southern accents. I have to admit to being a fan of the sound and very often I am so distracted by how cute it sounds that I don't listen to what is being said to me. I squint, smile and say, 'Maxaad tidhi?' Very northern. Invariably they ask me if I know Somali at all! Frankly I don't know it like I should. It is possible for me to work out what someone is saying even with unfamiliar words being spoken but the communication problem that arises is compounded significantly by my fetish. How to admit to that and keep them there and talking to me. There's weird and there's weird, no? I gotta represent, see? U'd get nowhere slowly if u tried to coach me. I'd make u repeat yourself over and over, prolong the lessons and act like the dumbest gal this side of Hargeisa. Mission Impossible, I'd say. About as useful as getting the Management Consultants in. Now, say something dammit, why u gotta make a girl suffer! Blimey, I'm high on Tiger Balm. I smell of camphor, clove oil, menthol and whatever else is making me giddy but hasn't helped with the pain. Herbal shmerbal, I need man-made chemicals. ibuprufen, drool

Our society demeans women too. No amount of covering up helps with that. But I digress.. Wearing the hijab isn't an act of rebellion for me. Quite the opposite. The thought has never entered my head.

I read this book and another by the same author in quick succession a couple of years ago. Nothing will make me repeat the experience or fork out money for another P.C book. I was left wondering what the fuss was all about. I nearly shook the book hoping something I had missed would fall out and reveal itself. One of the books was more agonising than the other; I gave up on it close to the end. I still own both books-in pristine condition yet unloved. I should sell them.

Rebelling against what exactly?

Boondheere? Bit of a mouthful but OK I'll accept it. My very own Xamar area. Cool. Private contract, Xoogsade? For a little linguistic guidance? How Management Consultancy.

Feeling left out! I want to adopt a Xamar area. Someone pick an area for me, please. And tell me how to say I'm from there in the local dialect so I come across as legit

above lamb says: baa, war isii daa, baa, a bit early no, giz another week, mate, baaa

Anger When the raggedness of anger Makes you hate all of the day Then the words that come most easily Are not those you should say. David Keig source Bob, forget about it. I haven't. Someone needs to hold on to the memory- for the sake of completion, that's all. Orgilage, laf orgi dhuunta ku istaagtey ee how come u haven't defended me?? The number of times I have come to your aid. What's up with these Somali men? Don't know when they're being helped and don't know when they should show some support. Quusoy quduro, whatever that means though it sounds relevant and just the kind of thing u Somali blokes might get. Lord, dhib badana.

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Yaab iyo fajac. Humiliate and rip to pieces. When? And whom? You? :eek: I was helping you out. Next time I'll leave you to the wolves and let them rip you to pieces. You're apologising for being harsh but not for having said what you did. Why don't you tell us what this is really about, Bob?

Why aren't the men responding to this post. How do we know whether a perspective partner is a chaste one?

Right. Ngonge..you can talk, talk, talk for your country. Enlist, please and share the scarce resource that you are.

teehee

Just what did he say? Sorry, Nur.

here I come to save the day... poetic intellectual property Bob's possible source

Gluttony. shiver I don't really do Somali proverbs. A cliche is a cliche whether it's a proverb or not. Coming across some I've never heard of b4...

Nice.

Cor, u're easy.

I hear the question, 'Are you Somali?'- in Somali- often enough to know that I cause a little confusion. Non-Somalis hardly ever place me. I've been called all kinds. But I feel all kinds so it's fine by me.

You were complaining. Nobody gets anywhere by keeping shtum.