Xaaju is conflicted man but not that evil. P.S he needs ANY Somali to expel the invading Oromo, any Somali would do haha. Sh!t, XX beats me to it.

Makes sense.

Where are the usual suspects today?

I was giving him the benefit of the doubt.

Haatu;930575 wrote: Did he say that or are we being trolled? The man said nothing of the sort, the reporters are intentionally spreading fitna themselves and the preacher is using this as pretext to condemn the democracy.

Muqadis? Buddy, you wholeheartedly support secessionist region and say muqadis.

I think I figured why Carafaat opposes Jubaland..hahaha

Sheekada aniga uguma saabsaneey bal su'aasha ka jawaab.

^You want united Somalia? Why? You have no relation to this country considering your goal is to secede from it.

^What's to you anyway?

"Somali oo dhan ayaa wada tol " Taas mala hubaa?

^Waa Tol

Diversity is good.

Good move!

Nothing beats cool breeze at 6 in the morning.

Zack, aren't you from somewhere else too?

Have you guys listened to the speech?

The Mudug Somali dialect is the benchmark.This is fact not opinion. Text books were written in this dialect and broadcasting was done in this dialect.

Silly people.

Wadani;930279 wrote: . Northern Somali is considered the standard? Check out BBC Somalia and mostly anything written in Somali and tell me what dialect is used. Standard? Considered by who? The standard dialect for text books and broadcasting is Mudug dialect as adopted by the Somali Government, so stop making up stuff! When one says Northern dialect, the term refers to every Somali except those that speak May May and minority languages. The Northern dialect has subgroups including Somali Galbeed, Waqooyi, Bari, Mudug, Galgaduud, Hiiraan,etc. Invest sometime in reading the works done by key Somali linguists. And May May which has its own sub-dialects is the source of the Somali language! Poor Haatu, you too invest time in studying the Somali before you label some regions as speaking the formal Somali. How one dialect be more proper than other? p.s. People there's no North or South when it comes to dialects. You are interjecting politics into language. Language variation occur within every region.

Mintid..Hurt clan pride? What I did write for you to jump to that conclusion? I have no control over reality neither do you but surely, we can interpret however we want. I think we are mixing things here, let's take them apart. If we are talking about Somali unity, that doesn't exist any region in all Somali territories. If I understand Oodka, his argument was the concept exists in Somaliland and that entity learned enough from our mistakes and facilitated unity among ALL northerners through just and equitable system. Now, I disagreed with that argument and I don't believe such unity exists in Somaliland. And if we are talking about progress and development in relative to other Somali entities, it's obvious Somaliland is doing better than most but does it offer enough to cause people in Khaatumo or Taleexis of SOL to have Hargeysa as their capital, I don't think so. If we are talking real economic and social development, a kid in Hargeysa faces the same set of problems and has no way out apart tahriib.

Carafaat;929993 wrote: Che, If you refering to my little affection with Puntland. Please read my declaration of love to Puntland, http://www.somaliaonline.com/community/showthread.php/60161-Somaliland-and-Puntland-need-eachother LOL that response was for Xaaji but far bukta iyo meeshii ayaa is og. I don't buy your affection for Oromos and I don't support Xaaji's xenophobic attacts on Oromo.

^The response you quoted was response to Classified's affirmation of earlier response which was response to Oodka's argument. I thought you were merely carrying on Oodweyne's argument by quoting me. In any case, as long as we are in agreement, no Somali is in position to preach Somali unity or try to put forth an argument asserting unity is possible among some and not others or all.

^You can climb out and improve your situation but don't spew nonsense about Somali unity or preach others about it.