being invisible for men

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I was taking the piss. The point is that the language of Brazil is (Brazilian) Portuguese. The language of Lebanon is (Lebanese) Arabic. Surely this language came from somewhere? It didn't just appear. A merry little band of Arabs didn't just wend their merry way in and leave their tongue.

I'll leave it there. We know where we are. All the best dude.

The "Islamic caliphate" was an Arab empire, and like all empires they left linguistic traces, most brazilians are not Portuguese descendants but they all talk Portuguese today because this language was enforced on them, language =/= ancestry.
And umm.... Almost all Semitic civilizations in the Middle East who used to speak Semitic languages (ie. Aramaic, Syriac in the Levant, Punic/Berber in Maghreb) that been conquered by Arabs speaks Arabic today due to the extreme similarity of these semitic languages to Arabic (Arabic is descendant of Syriac), except the Jews who retained their original language thanks to ancient bibles. The most recent of this linguistic transformation is the Maronites, the Maronite were a Syriac people, their church is still officially called to this day the "Syriac Maronite Church of Antioch", their language was Syriac and their priests still use Syriac to this day, but most Maronite civilians nowadays speak only Arabic and barely understand any Syriac, their linguistic root was lost due to the reasons mentioned above.



While non-semitic cultures showed more resistance to this linguistic domination due to much greater linguistic difference between Arabic and their ancestral language; pre-Ataturk Turkish for instance was written with Arabic script which is not the original Turkish script, Farsi is written with Arabic scripts....all these are due to historical failed attempts of Arab imperials to force the Arabic language on these non-semitic cultures.

I tend to think that anybody whose mother tongue is Arabic is therefore an Arab. AFAIK the language originated in the Arabian peninsula and spread alongside Islam, however many self-identifying Arabs today practice other religions, notably Christianity. Egypt is universally thought of as a Arab country but the language was brought there sometime after the Hegira.

I have seen "Arabs" with blond hair and blue eyes and I have seen other "Arabs" with jet black skin. You could never convince me to think of "Arab" as a racial classification.

BTW speaking of Turkey, it is my understanding that at one time, there was a substantial population of Christian Arabs living in Turkey proper, including Istanbul, but it would seem that the vast majority of them left for the Western Hemisphere. One example would be US radio personally Diane Rehm (husband's surname) who BTW has blond hair.

That'll piss off some of the minorities who aren't actually Arab.

Anyway, I've had that argument. Boring. Not interested. The main point is that most Middle Eastern countries don't produce good beer, although a few might be alright with the wine. But that's mainly Christians and Israel.

This one of the word definition in the Larrousse. The other definition is the ethnicity originated from the Arabic peninsula.

So....the language-based definition is synonym to "Arabphone" but this word does not exist in Arabic.

And there's also Arak, the Turks drink Arak as well. A lot of Muslim levantines drink Arak as well .

Is that raki? I've had the stuff. Not again ta.

The anise flavour is something that either you love it or hate it.

You're not alone.

Obesity is only one cause. Other causes may include (but are not limited to) poor hygiene, poor grammar, poor fashion sense, visible disability, and a 'vibe' that says "Stay away!"

From what I understand, Brazil is a melting pot like the United States, with many different ethnicities.

It's a 'melting pot' like South Africa is.

I'd sooner live in a modern-day Smith's Rhodesia than whichever moron is ruining Zim today. Smith, despite his faults, cared about his people. I daresay there would not be the racial system in place if Smith was running it today.

^I see.

it probably got away with the other commentaries but this is an old thread i revived exactly to say that i just acknowledge that it seems that i never was do invisible as i think i am? i just seem to be completely unaware of how people perceive me.

A couple of days ago, there was this woman who was over 200 pounds. Yet....still.....she just exuded that Femininity which I dig.

So I "crushed" on her for a couple of minutes, and admired her from afar.

I don't believe obesity has to preclude a woman from being attractive. I don't mind just hanging out on the couch watching TV myself.

I have a reverse of your situation in that I'm a man over 40 so it's clearly obvious to me proven over countless instances that I'm invisible to young women. It's fine, I don't care, I'm married and not looking to be visible to young women, but it actually amuses me. I know I'm not imagining it. I think it's funny.

I find women of all shapes and sizes attractive. A big woman can be very attractive. Love it when a woman is voluptuous and hug-gable.