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| No more "Christ" with a capital C in the Netherlands |
| 2005-10-30 |
| According to a new grammar rule in the Netherlands and Belgium, the name "Christ" will soon be written with a lower-case "c", as stipulated by an orthography reform published last Friday. According to the Kath.net agency, the new spelling rules also will stipulate that the Dutch word for "jews" (joden) be spelled with a capital "J" when referring to nationality and with a lower-case "j" when referring to the religion. The changes will be mandatory starting in August 2006. |
| Posted by:Seafarious |
| #11 He had dreams of her at 2 ???? No wonder his religion is for Lunatics only. Do these Moslys all have to notify someone when they move into the neighborhood ? Henceforth, that will be Moslys with a capital m. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2005-10-30 20:36 |
| #10 Jesus (with a capital "J"), don't they have something better to do? Is there not a terrorist problem there? PC FEEL GOOD CRAP. |
| Posted by: Ulins Uleremble5747 2005-10-30 16:09 |
| #9 oh for Christ's sake |
| Posted by: Jan 2005-10-30 12:22 |
| #8 No he didn't. He married Aïcha at 6 (IIRC an hadith sez he had dreams of her starting at age 2!), and had his prophet way with her at 9, not because of any moral obligation, but because in the meantime she became very ill (she lost all her hair, for starters). IIRC, she's the wife who never gave him children, possibly due to internal damages related to the age of the union. |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2005-10-30 12:06 |
| #7 Allah = allan now yeah? Mohamed will now be known as 'The Great Pedophile Mohamed' after all he did marry a 9 year old didn't he? |
| Posted by: Shep UK 2005-10-30 11:41 |
| #6 Don't worry DMFD, I'm sure it was buried deep in the bowels of the EU Consitution. Page 265 or something.... |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2005-10-30 10:16 |
| #5 What! There isn't an EU standard for this? Quick form a commission!! |
| Posted by: DMFD 2005-10-30 09:59 |
| #4 Since I am a joden, from now on we will spell their names netherALLAHnds |
| Posted by: Elder of Zion 2005-10-30 05:20 |
| #3 And lecithinsteinburgabad, too. |
| Posted by: .com 2005-10-30 00:55 |
| #2 Whichever ways lets them live a bit longer. Come to think of it, belgium and the netherlands are too tiny of countries to have upper-case in their names, too. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-10-30 00:51 |
| #1 But how will they spell Mohamed? |
| Posted by: Phaviter Shainter2357 2005-10-30 00:15 |