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[edit] Welcome, Marcus1234!

Welcome to our community!
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We hope you stick around, and make sure you enjoy yourself! Cheers, riana_dzasta 15:01, 18 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Magic Book

Hi Marcus1234 I always wondered what happened to the magic book i donated and thank you for letting me know. I am happy to know that the Magic Book I donated actually ended up with someone who does enjoys the subject. Regards Brian Role

[edit] Sorry

Hi Marcus, I was hoping no Maltese would read my comments. Im sorry for offending you. Language is, in my opinion, the principal feature of ethnicity. Most Moroccans or Algerians for example have little or no Arabic ancestry yet they still consider themselves Arabs because of the language. Some Lebanese Christians, who speak the same Arabic as all other Lebanese, deny their Arabic identity because they claim to be descended from the Phoenicians, mainly out of spite for the Muslim majority in their country. One can argue that ethnicity is a matter of personal choice and of politics. Most Mihrazi Jews in Israel do not consider themselves Arabs. They probably would though, had it not been for the establishment of Israel and the Arab-Israeli conflict. If the Maltese overwhelmingly feel that they are not arabs then they are not. Nevertheless, one must not forget that Arabs, as a people are a multiracial and multi religious ethnicity who are held together only by language. It is not a clear cut issue and you must not take it as an attack. Ethnicity is just complicated. --Burgas00 19:12, 27 November 2006 (UTC)

No actually Moroccans do consider themselves Arabs although genetically they are mainly berbers. Cheers :-) --Burgas00 12:02, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

Just to add something to your discussion. Morocco is a mix of Berbers or Amazighs (natives) and Arabs (conquerors). The official language is Arabic though Moroccan Arabic and Berber languages are the ones to be used widely (as well as French). Historically, most of the dynasties that governed large parts of North Africa and the Iberian peninsula for centuries were Berbers and not Arabs (i.e. Almoravids, Almohads, Merinids). -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 12:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

Yes but one could say that Moroccan Arabs (as opposed to berbers) are fundamentally the descendants of arabized berbers...--Burgas00 18:38, 29 November 2006 (UTC)

That's a debated point as mass arab immigration from the Arabian peninsula didn't stop until 2 or three centuries ago. -- Szvest Ω Wiki Me Up ® 11:51, 30 November 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Malta related contributions

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[edit] Maltese words in Sicilian

Done. Your translation were all right, I've just added the Sicilian equivalent of "police" (polizia, as in Italian). --Angelo 15:08, 7 December 2006 (UTC)

I revised one of the Sicilian words, "pulizzìa" rather than "polizia" which is an Italianism. The rest are pretty good. There are so many dialects of the Sicilian language and unfortunately no standard as of yet. So at this point a couple spellings and pronunciations could be debated:
ripùbbrica vs. ripùbblica;
'uvernu vs. cuvernu, the ' representing a glottal stop, commonly found in place of "g", "c" and "v", for ex. rè'ula (Lat. regulam), pa'ari (Lat. pacare) and 'urpi (Lat. vulpem); and
(c)uernu /(c)wernu/ vs. cuvernu.
Thank you for putting the time and effort into filling the blanks regarding Sicilian! Salutamu...Calicchiulusiculu 14:59, 6 January 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] Your userpage

You state that the essay you've placed on your userpage "probably ... goes against Wikipedia's soapbox policy ..." - I'd go further and say it definitely goes against WP:SOAPBOX. Don't get me wrong - it isn't imflammatory or offensive or whatever - I just don't see why you've added it? --SandyDancer 22:38, 18 December 2006 (UTC)

I was just bored I guess? Dunno... I wanted to tell other users something about me. Something interesting rather than the usual My name is X and I am X years old and I live in X and I like X music etc. But somehow it took the form of a political essay rather than a short bio. Oh well... Marcus1234 12:30, 19 December 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Carmelo Pace

Hi Marcus - First of all, thanks for your support re the Ghonnella article! I'm surprised that you found it! On the Carmelo Pace article, I meant to go back and put in references, but got distracted. I've added the sources of my info now. Take a look and let me know if you feel that the tag can now be removed. Cheers. lamato 02:34, 17 February 2007 (UTC)

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