Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-225 days agoA spirit made of denim, a jeann if you will.message-squaremessage-square8linkfedilinkarrow-up134arrow-down10
arrow-up134arrow-down1message-squareA spirit made of denim, a jeann if you will.Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-225 days agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareisame [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·25 days agoI read this as a spirit like booze, and was trying to figure out how you were pronouncing jeann like gin.
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·25 days agoVery sheltered muslim: So you’re telling me the liquid in this bottle is a jinn
minus-squareisame [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·24 days agoOoh I wanted to make that reference too but I don’t have the knowledge to do it properly.i couldn’t remember if jinn started with a D or not, etc.
minus-squareBelly_Beanis [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·24 days agoWe don’t have that letter in English (as in, we can’t pronounce it), so jinn and djinn are both acceptable because they’re rough approximations. It’s true of a few of our letters in other languages.
minus-squareKeld [he/him, any]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·24 days agoI’ve seen it both ways. (I’ve also seen it as genie of course) My general rule is if you’ve seen an Arabic speaker do it, its probably ok
minus-squareChatPPB [none/use name]@hexbear.netBlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·25 days agoI’m just graffiti hmmmmm that thing is the way they believe that the ice cream is a cure for this.
I read this as a spirit like booze, and was trying to figure out how you were pronouncing jeann like gin.
Very sheltered muslim: So you’re telling me the liquid in this bottle is a jinn
Ooh I wanted to make that reference too but I don’t have the knowledge to do it properly.i couldn’t remember if jinn started with a D or not, etc.
We don’t have that letter in English (as in, we can’t pronounce it), so jinn and djinn are both acceptable because they’re rough approximations. It’s true of a few of our letters in other languages.
I’ve seen it both ways. (I’ve also seen it as genie of course)
My general rule is if you’ve seen an Arabic speaker do it, its probably ok
I’m just graffiti hmmmmm that thing is the way they believe that the ice cream is a cure for this.