Decoding Daesh: Why is the new name for ISIS so hard to understand? | Free Word Centre
Arabic translator Alice Guthrie explains how Daesh, the new name for ISIS, undermines the terrorist group, and asks why anglophone media can't understand it.
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I wonder why you avoided the better slang term (in the US) for jerks that try to impose their will on others: Douchebag or just douche. Sounds a lot like the arabic daish and is anything but complementary. Thanks for the excellent article.
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Can't figure out how to pronounce "Daesh"? Just call them Douche.
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I wonder why you avoided the better slang term (in the US) for jerks that try to impose their will on others: Douchebag or just douche. Sounds a lot like the arabic daish and is anything but complementary. Thanks for the excellent article.
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Can't figure out how to pronounce "Daesh"? Just call them Douche.
Claes Wallin (韋嘉誠) at 2015-11-17T15:15:32Z
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