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I'm afraid I may not have explained myself better. We in the Coptic church use St. Basil, st. Gregory or St. Cyril and a unique prayer book and a unique psalmody and a unique kholagy, and they are already translated so why on earth is there a need t…
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@antonypaul, We are called the Coptic orthodox church for a reason. If the Coptic church translates everything to English, the Greek does, the Ukrainian does etc, so why aren't we all united? Why does it always have to be the Coptic church to be on …
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@Remenkimi,I was mistaken. The manuscripts listed as references in Fr. Shenouda Maher's research are from the 10th and 11th centuries AM, or 13th and 14th AD. I don't think I will hold my breath to read your study on Erian Moftah's technic. As a per…
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@tenacpiesnaonkh, Manuscripts from as old as the tenth and ninth centuries prove the authenticity of Bohairic and its relationship to the Demotic language. Not only that but it is structurally different yet linguistically similar to Sa'idic and Akhm…
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@qawe It spells with a daw but the pro gb boffins thought there must be something wrong and erased the first letter replacing it with a dalda in the newly printed psalmody books. I'll check the kholagies though.. Oujai
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@minasoliman, I agree with you on this even though the thread as a whole is way over my head. Oujai
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I will hopefully some day pursue another project to get another list from Crum and Georgy Sobhy.. pray for me please.. Oujai
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Please have a look onto sucha link (this is the best I could do for now):http://kame.danacbe.com/index.php/topic,532.msg4539.html#msg4539Oujai
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I'd like to ask how I could attach a file. I have finished the word document I was preparing about Coptic words used in Egyptian colloquial lingo. Please let me know...Oujai
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@imikhail,Very well said. ThanksOujai
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@minatasgeel,No problem.@Remenkimi,Please answer my questions above in order to prove to me how gb is any thing as you or @minatasgeel claim. By the way, I am arguing because as you rightly say I feel so passionately about this. You are probably ign…
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@Remenkimi For gb to equate to Klingon and Esperanto is to have another name than Coptic and to not depend on the text used by the church as originally a different language.. have you ever heard on wrong language teaching, or are they each called a …
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Ok @Remenkimi, evidence huh? Ok what more evidence Do you want than people pronouncing the letter waida one way and others another when they both live in the same country, have the same accent and speak the same dialect? What about the letter dalda?…
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@tenacpiesnaonkh, Demiana doesn't spell with a dalda. Secondly Egyptian or most Arabs more generally don't pronounce the TH as z but as s. They pronounce the DH as z. I hope that's clear. @qawe, it's irrelevant if the waida is followed by a vowel as…
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@minatasgeel, There is no need to apologise at all. Please let me know how I am not making any sense and I will answer asap. This thread is on my bookmarked list.. looking forward to your queries personally @minatasgeel.. Oujai
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@Remenkimi, First of all I hope you are not getting upset or fed up of having to defend your position in the face of strong evidence to the contrary. Your lack of Arabic fluency is certainly going to lock you up in such a position where I am more th…
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@Remenkimi, And how is gb comparable to old Bohairic in your example? I fail to see how you equal a fabricated dialect with a naturally developed one unless you can enlighten me with the similarities.. Oujai
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@Remenkimi First, dalda is never pronounced as a z In gb. Second I'm not aware of any example of dalda being pronounced as a t in authentic Bohairic. Thirdly Copts don't have difficulty in acknowledging a dynamic change in phonetics and phonetic inv…
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I hope the Coptic letters I wrote are clear to every body. If not please let me know...Oujai
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@qawe and @remenkimi,Of course I didn't want to reply because I hope every one already knows my position. There is no such a thing called GB. However, I must say out of all people I wouldn't have thought @remenkimi would make such false claims about…
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@qawe,I'm not sure about this. I always thought you could do a metaneya during Sunday liturgies too but I'll wait for other members to share their knowledge.. Oujai
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@qawe,The only liturgies you are not supposed to perform prostrations during are the ones held during the Holy Fifty Days. During all other liturgies, it is part of praying to do the prostrations. However, if you are not there, and at home you don't…
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@qaweFasting is when we change our feeding habits for a period of time and for a particular reason that is to say one of the seven fasts. Fasting before the liturgy doesn't count as such because it could happen 361 days a year.. Oujai
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@qawe,I'm aware of that, and both Do Go hand in hand, that's to say that In the Lordly feasts during fasting we don't abstain nor practise prostrations. An example just came to happen last week in the transfiguration feast..Oujai
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Of course that's absolutely right. The two days on which we don't practise abstinent fasting are Saturday and Sunday Oujai
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@mnc_hnn,Sorry mate.@minatasgeel,You are quite right... hehe... once again I must have drawn on my sinful nature. I am not a female, so that's why... Oujai
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@mabsoota,Sorry I am the one who brought the notion of "mainly" nude females. You are right, it could be any thing; I guess I was just drawing from my own sinful thoughts... pray for meOujai
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Dear @Sarah, Why are you asking such a question now AGAIN after all these years? Why on this website? Why do you not ask a priest? Why do you write God with a small g?The above questions are not anybody's business, they are just for you to answer ho…
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@minatasgeel,I think you just answered yourself in your last two statements. God cannot be a relativist. Unfortunately some of the church figures are and that's not healthy.. Oujai
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God is an absolutist, Christianity is all about absolutism. Oujai