Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2001 13:25:28 -0500
Subject: Re: any idea?


the italians do the same they refer to italy always as "the Italy ""l'Italia" , same in French and Spanish i believe .  we also say the congo
but not the lybia, and europe but not mideast, hmmmm is there an imperialist
pattern here , lol bob
"solidarity means sharing the same risks" - Che
( la solidarita significa correre gli stessi rischi)

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>From: Robert Papini <RobertP-AT-prcsu.durban.gov.za>
>To: postcolonial-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu
>Subject: Re: any idea?
>Date: Thu, Dec 20, 2001, 2:55 AM
>

> Saeed - as simple, surely, as this:  Sudanese call their country Al-Sudan/
> As-Sudan - The Sudan. (the original Arabic name was Bilad as-Sudan, Land of
> the Blacks )...
> robert
>
>>>> saeed.urrehman-AT-anu.edu.au 12/20/01 08:40AM >>>
> greg, do you have any idea why "Sudan,"  a country, is referred to as "the
> Sudan"?
>
> saeed
>
>
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