An interesting thing about the blogosphere is that it provides an opportunity to encounter people of different cultural backgrounds that one would be less likely to meet in real life. The disadvantage is that one meets people out of context. There are words and sometimes pictures, but until one sees people in their context, one [...]
I had a look at Amatomu, and the biggest thing in the Zeitgeist, that stuck out a mile, was mothers day.
I was curious, because I’ve always regarded Mothers Day as an American thing, and not very big in South Africa, but there it was on Amatomu, very big.
So I wondered just where people were talking [...]
Monte Asbury has some very good comments on his blog about the way language is understood in different cultures.
clipped from www.commondreams.org
“Islamic” has to do with the religion founded by the prophet Mohammed. We speak of Islamic ethics or Islamic art, as things that derive from the religion. “Muslim,” on the contrary, describes the believer. [...]
Our great Mikado, virtuous man
when he to rule this land began
resolved to try
a plan whereby
young men might best be steadied.
So he decreed in words succinct
That all who flirted, leered or winked
Unless connubially linked
Should forthwith be beheaded.
(W.S. Gilbert)
Hat-tip to Father David MacGregor
clipped from news.bbc.co.uk
South Africa’s new Sexual Offences Act includes a clause which could [...]
In an interesting article Jonathan discusses the views of one Andrew Keen, who has written a book complaining about the Internet destroying culture (The Cult of the Amateur: How Today’s Internet Is Killing Our Culture, by Andrew Keen, New York: Currency). Jonathan writes:
Mr. Keen’s criticism is, I am afraid, utterly ridiculous, not to mention glaringly [...]
According to Polly Toynbee, the “war on Christmas” is an urban legend, in the UK at least.But it seems to keep getting trotted out. Every year someone is telling us, somewhere on the Internet, that there is a “war on Christmas”. But if there is, it’s not in secular Europe. Perhaps it is so [...]
The synchroblog on Halloween has been one of the most rewarding and informative so far, and I’d like to thank everyone who took part. I certainly learnt a lot from it.
Here are some of the things I learned
1. The US celebration of Halloween is about community
My own view of US Halloween customs was fairly negative. [...]
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