Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net to badposting@hexbear.netEnglish · edit-21 month 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-21 month agomessage-square8linkfedilink
minus-squareisame [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 month 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-up3·1 month 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-up2·1 month 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
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