What about Range Rover? Laakiin I don't know, too many Land Rovers Soomaaliya yaali jiray, along with Toyota Cressida, Toyota Corolla, the little minivan/4X4 Mazda -- not to mention Fiat, any of their models.

Originally posted by Canjeex: ^ It's about time ma'istiri (jks) Good luck though!! Today, i did the house-chores (scapulo sucks ) and it wasn't funn i tell ya. I don't know how you ladies enjoy doing that Where are the RAALIYOOS when you need them horta, help a brotha out nooh!!! Poor guy. It was this afternoon as well when I offered my good boqorad to wash the dishes. She kindly refused, oo iska fariiso oo baashaal i tiri. Now, that is a boqorad. You need to change taa la socotid, raaliyo or not. PS - It is good to do the chores sometimes. It is not that bad, really.

Wixii kale calaacalkii markee wax kasoo bixi waayeen, "wicked days, blessed days" iyo yada yada yada la keenay sidii ciyaal kuni kuni camal. Keep trolling.

Nice going, guys. ------------- Stuff Soomaali People Dislike #5 Qabyaalad Any sensible Soomaali will vehemently deny to espouse any hint towards to qabyaalad. They profess their dislike of it. He or she equally would denounce any qabyaaladist, mostly publically, condemning the qabyaaladist being an ignorant who is stuck in a passed age, a one who needs an enlightenment. Even the most die-hard fadhi ku dirir obsessed faarax does not believe he is a qabyaaladist, and soundfully would eschew it, negate it. Yet, at their own living rooms, the mask goes off. Hebel waa qoladaas waxba tarin; heblaayo laftaas liidato ka dhalatay; kuwaas waa laangaabyaal; ma anoo laandheere ah. And it goes on. Occassionaly, also, the mask goes off in public, when the heat gets a bit warm. Yet, again, dalkeena waxa dhulkaas dhigay waa this qabyaalad every Soomaali professes not to practice. ------------- Next entry: Immobile -- always moving around

That is our dal, dhul, and bleeding and pleading to its daughters and sons. Goormee Soomaali haddaa nahnay kici doonaa, oo aan wax isku fali doonaa. Dankis for sharing abaayo, Kuusha.

Originally posted by Odey: This must be one of the best news that I have read on Somalia!!!!! A few months ago I was watching a documentary about small pox. Apparently the last person on earth who was diagonised and survived from smallpox was a somali. I think he was a primary school teacher (1975?) and he was paraded in Mogadishu to the world press. The dude lives in Ca in the US. ------------- Cudurka furuqa oo dunida laga ciribtiray 1977 oo hadal heyntiisu dib u dunida ugu soo laabatay Furuqu wuxuu waqti kamid ahaa cudurada ugu halisan ee caalamka soo maray, kaas oo ahaan jirey cudur aad u xanuun badan, isla mar ahaantaana calaamadihiisa degdeg loo arkijirey. Cudurkaasi wuxuu ahaan jirey mid si sahala loo kala qaadi karo. kahortaga cudurkaasi wuxuu ahaan jirey tallaalka. Cudurkaas waxaa dunida laga ciribtiray sannadkii 1977. Taas oo dunida ku qaataya laba qarni in guushaas lagaaro. Qofkii ugu dambeeyey ee cudurka furuqu (smallpox) uu ku dhaco wuxuu ahaa nin Soomaali ah oo deganaa magaalada Marka, ninkaas oo ahaa kariye waxaa magaciisa la oran jiray Cali Macoow Macalin waxaana uu cudurku ninkas ku dhacay 26 October 1977, waana laga daweeyey, kaas ayuu ahaa markii ugu dambaysay ee cudurkaas dunida lagu arko. [November 2001. More on here.]

Warar hordhac oo ay ka heshay shabakadda boocame ilo xogogaala ayaa waxay sheegayaan in ciidamadani ay gaadhi doonaan ilaa iyo magaalada Hargeysa iyagoo ka gudbaya jiidaha ay isku horfadhiyaan ee aagagga Laascaanood ciidamada Daraawiishta iyo ciidanka maamulka Riyaale. Mala fajacaa, mala qoslaa, qosol rumeys la'aan ku imaado. Ma yaabaa, ma amakaagaagaa. Laba cadow isku sheegaayo, iskugu maleeyo isku horfadhiyo duur banaan, ayaa isla markaasna cadowgii Soomaaliyeed imaaday, kana gudbaayo, meeshuu rabana aadi karo, laakiin kuwii Soomaaliga isku sheegaaye isfiirinaayo, xabbad ka dhaxeyso kii soo gudbo xariijin. Maxaa la dhihi jiray horta? Doqon 12 indhood buu leedahay, mid cadowguu ku arkaa, kow iyo tobonka kalena sokeeyaha. How unbelievably true.

There is an air pollution, water pollution, light pollution, noise pollution -- and then there is visual pollution. Look at that leaning power line in the second picture, which is a recent post-war picture from Suuqa Bakaaraha. The other one too is from Bakaaraha. It is almost collapsing. Only Eebbe knows goortii la suray, probably 30 years ago, qof dib u fiiriyina maleh ka ahayn inay kor suraan anything. They [waa ganacsatada kuwa ah] put it on anything -- electricity lines, phone lines, internet lines... Those power lines are not only an eyesore to look at how ugly they are, it is also be very dangerous during rainy season, when a heavy downpours occur, some of those fiilooyin maasooyin iyagoo wato dhulka kusoo dhacaan because the power line is not that strong enough to hold. Maasooyinkaas dad badan ayee baabisay. Yea, yea, you are probably wondering this is the current Soomaaliya and its reality, so what do you expect? Those pictures tell us how the afarjeeble fat bellies do not care about their business, only u daran the short term profits. Soon or later, those power lines will give up and completely fall.

Maskiin. Awkuuku was one in a million. No, one in a millions. Eebba ha u naxariistee walaalkeen laga maarmaanka ahaa. Reerkiisa ha u samraan, iimaankana ha badsadaan. Tacsi ayaa u taalo Soomaaliweyn dhan.

Hambalyo iyo boggaadin. Ha noqoto mid teeda iyo dhamaan ummadda Soomaaliyeed wax u tarto, ka sakoow ehelkeeda iyo waalidkeeda. ----------- Kuusha, how is the little princess A. doing? Is she as shabeel as this said new Libaax's baby?

How do you say transgender in Somali? Mushakal? Labeeb? Taas lee amee tahay.

Stuff Soomaali People Dislike # 2: Calling a Soomaali "black" They have their unique, degrading, pejorative words for them, from every region: Adoon, jareer, xabash, boon, sankadhuudhi -- you just name them. [Not to mention the equally belittling phrases of caqli lix saac, waa shuqul afrikaaneed...] Call a Soomaali any of the derogatory words mentioned above. One would think one insulted his faith. That is how far Soomaalis try to disassociate one of their own fellow human beings, whom additionally they also share with the skin colour and some more. Some more? Try telling that to a fellow Soomaali. That itself would be taken as an insult. Even the hint of sharing any of the skin colour is frowned upon. ----------- Next entry: Reasonable, sensible debate

If only kuwa Dhalinyarada la baxayna iyagana saan camal sameyn lahayeen. Af macaan dadka lagu soo jiidanaayo, ka fiirsasho wixii ka dhici doono qaraxa la tuuro ma la rido ma la duugo. Afhayeenkaan Suuleey dhowr jeer aqriye wuxuu yiri, hadaladiisana waa kuwa aad u wanaagsan, soo jiidasho leh. Kuwa Dhalinyarada la baxay haku tusaalo qaataan ninkaan.

Originally posted by Dabshid: JC, u know something we don't knw Yes, he does. Dabshid, waa iloow dhowdahayee.

If a community that wadaago hal af, hal isir, hal dhaqan, hal hiddo, hal diin, hal dhul isku wareegsan -- intaas haddee midnimo, wadajir, iskaashi, isku xirnaan, isbiirsi, isbaheysi keenin, what else gives? All other options, also, macquul ma'aha as well. It just does not make sense, not logical dad intaas wada wadaago in ay kala go'aan, particularly in this new modern era oo adduunweynihii dadkii deganaa isku soo wada dhawaanooyo. Maxaa isku haayo Hindiya oo wada wadaagin waxaa wadaagno? Maxaa isku haayo Shiinaha iyagana? Maxaa ku kalifay Reer Yurub inay iskaashadaan, and their ultimate goal being a complete unity? Maxaa awoodaas Mareykanka gaarsiiye, Eebbaa awood lahee? You'd think Mareykanka would be this powerful had their civil war resulted their country's bitter division? Midnimo waxee kaa celisaa cadowgaaga -- it is a natural law. Hal qof ma sameyn karo ama awoodo in u sameeyo waxee laba qof sameeyaan. Kun quraanjo isku tagtay baranbaro dhimatay inay qaadaan wey awoodaan, and it is a maahmaah shisheeye. Waxaan midnimo lagu keenin, wax kale laguma keenaayo. That is a fact.

Intuu ku dambeeye ninkaan? Ma qaxay taloow, juuqdiisaba wax maqlo maleh lately.

And what, pray tell, do you call kii Xabashi keenay, Xamarna ugu soo horseeday? The standard-bearer of Soomaali nationalism? *Shaking head*

Waa yaab. Gabdho haddee isku afxumaadaan la kala qaban jiray la ogaa, wax rag sheeganaayo u kala hiilinaayo gabdhaha, kuna dhex jiro. Ceebtaas yee nasoo marin. Ceebeey tacaal. The least any real rag can do is kala celiyo gabdhaha, hadduu awoodina banaanka ka joogo. And why Adminka loo heystaa? Muxuu galabsaday? Only because in uu dadkii dhex galo damcay, oo qilaafka joojiyo from behind the scenes? Isku dirka ma dhamaado miyaa, oo ciyaalnimadaan ma laga koro miyaa? It is getting quite ridiculous isku dirkaan ka socoto SOL lately. Qofkii shaley la dirdiraaye, lagu diraaye dad kale ayaa maanta qof kale lagu soo diraa isla qofkaas shaley loo camiraaye. Dad baaba caadi ka dhigtay waxaas. What an infantile behaviour. Heestii Shimaali kusoo xasuustay, ahayd, "Kaa sheegee, kaa sheekeeyee, kuu sii sheekeeyee, kaa sii sheekeeyee..." Sheydaanka iska naara, gabdho. Hana la kala roonaado. Haddii la kala roonaan roob ma da'o.

Xabash baa dalkii wada qabsaday, oo dadkiina dhameeye, asagana Indhamadoowe ayuu la taaganyahay. Do you consider Indhamadoowe, who is not even in the political picture now, your enemy today and Xabashi dadkaaga leynaayo, gumaadaayo your saviours? Acuudi bilaahi.

Why not try the opposite. Let's start caawa. Stuff Soomaali People Dislike # 1: EEY From the strongest reer magaal woman to weakest reer miyi man -- and both physically and mentally -- there is not any Soomaali that breathes who does not dislike, nay abhor, heck loathe a creature by the name of dog. It is almost repugnant to them. If they could afford it, they would have completely eradicated it from the face of earth. Their disliking is mainly said has to do with religious reaosons. However, this point is silenced and moot considering there is a billion and half Muslims around the world, and yet there is not any community among those that abhor fearfully eey than Soomaalis. ---------- Next entry: Calling a Soomaali "black"

Originally posted by AYOUB: ^^ If you say so commandante. Who were you cheering for in January 1991, surely not SNM. MMA does not want to answer that.. Maxaa ka hadloysaa? Is that a serious question asking me what side of Soomaali people fighting in a civil war I was cheering for? Probably you didn't even get why aan u doortay the title 'dhiig sokeeye for you.' Dib u aqri title, micnaha aan ka wadayna ka dhuux. For your information, I was a boy, siyaasad [worse, qabyaalad] iyo waxaasna shuqulkeyga ma ahayn xiligaas. Secondly, qof mise group waligey uma cheer gareynin; it may be new to you, believe or not, however, dad saas jiro haddaadan waligaaga aadan sameyn saas. Worse is cheering one side Soomaali walaalaha ah isla dhashay wada dagaalamaayo because of qabyaalad. Thirdly, I stand for xaq. Not any group, any individual, any clan, any whatnot, but I do stand for xaq, caddaalad, sinnaan iyo midnimo Soomaaliyeed oo Soomaalinimo ku jirto. Any Soomaali that stands for those four criteria isku meel ayaan wadaagnaa.

And if it was called Soomaali Republic, as it was indeed the case in the official papers, would this minor detail satisfy separatists goosasho doonka ah? Ma magaca Soomaaliya ayaa saas u dhibaayo? What will be next? Ereyga "Soomaaliyeed" since the 'y' letter ku jirto this too la dhibsado?

Axdigan waxaa ku cad in dal iyo dawlad la yidhaado Somalia (Soomaaliya) ay ugu danbeysey 30/06/1960, wixii ka danbeeyey waxaa dalka la odhan jirey Jamhuuriyadda Soomaali y eed (Somali Republic) ee ma aha Somalia ama Jamhuuriyadda Soomaaliya. How many times lasoo celcelinaa tan? How many times been aan laga leexan lala soo shirtagaa? Soomaaliya, as a name, as a noun did exist and it predates colonial gumeysidoonka. That author's very paragraph, which I quoted, especially at the bolded letter, proves my point. Soomaalida as a community waa ummadda Soomaaliyeed, not ummadda Soomaali or Soomaaleed. It is against Soomaali language structure and its foundational grammar. If the community -- Soomaalida as a jaaliyad ahaan -- is called Soomaaliyeed, then our country is Soomaaliya. Yes, there were not a formal organized nation-state pre-colonial Soomaaliya, it does not mean inay Soomaaliya as a name jirin. Soomaaliya, as a noun, follows the grammatical structure of Cushitic languages, including afka Oromada, whose people call their occupied land Oromiya [or Oromia]. It was not influenced any foreigner, it was a local name ugu wacaan dhulkooda by Oromada. So is Soomaaliya by Soomaalida.[Taloow amee dhahaan haddana ereyga "Soomaalida's" suffix -- waa "da" ee -- Ingiriis ayaa alifay. ] Some aanan maqli karin magac Soomaaliyeed iyo dalkeena suuban Soomaaliya ayaa rabo inay confusion ka bilaabaan meel aan jirin since aqoonsigee raadinayeen meel walba kasoo xirmatay, now lasoo shirtagaan inayba magaca Soomaaliyeed jiri jirin. They are purporting the very Soomaaliya name did not exist taking advantage of very few history ku saabsan dalkeena qoran, especially in Afsoomaali. Afsoomaali qoritaankiis only a few decades kasoo wareegatay. Naceyb ayaa gaarsiiye heerkaas, inay taariiqda ka been sheegaan, though. Most articles from 19th century, pre-colonial times, one cannot find them online. Only few are scanned into online. Nevertheless, here is a screenshot image of a Scottish paper, dating 1868, long before Talyaaniga soo cag dhigay dalkeena, mentioning the word "Somalia": The newspaper might or might not referring to Soomaaliya, but the word exists, same as Sansibaar it mentions. It seems all this trouble loo maraayo, it seems again is to legitimate magacaas Ingiriiska alifay ee "Soomaalilaan," because si kale uma arko. Waxaa ka dhaadhacsan if the suffix in "Soomaalilaan" Ingiriis alifay, so Soomaaliya's suffix must be mid Talyaani alifay. Unfortunately for separatists, labada magac ma isku eko. Mid waa local, dadkooda aliftay, afkoodana ku jiro. Waa Soomaaliya. Kan kalena micneyn uma baahno, for it is wax aanan qarsaneen, umana baahno xaqiiq iyo dabaraacid. Pure rubbishka naga yareeya, baliis.

Maxaa ku qoslee?