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Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by Cassius666
First we have to determine wether the accent is hebrew or not.
Why? Why Hebrew? There are literally tens of thousands of dialects in the world spoken by persons who do not speak English as a first language. Why is Hebrew the only choice? Why is Hebrew the first choice? Why not Farsi? Why not Pashtu? Why not Urdu? Why not Baluchi?
Originally posted by ZeroKnowledge
reply to post by BRAVO949
You may or may not like the fact that the voice indicates a Hebrew accent but it clearly does and no honest linguist or person familiar with Arabic and Hebrew would ever say this recording was anything other than a Hebrew speaker speaking English.
How exactly is it clear that it is a Hebrew accent? Since you are surely a honest linguist - what tips can you suggest pinpointing to your clear conclusion? Just curious.
As for Arabs cannot saying "p" - i hope you are joking. As honest learned person, you should acknowledge that Arabs ,just as other people, can learn foreign languages. With ultra-super-duper hard letter "p" or without.
Since other very accurate scientific facts supporting Hebrew accent send us to Youtube, i suggest to you the same. Thousands of native Arab speakers have no problem with p. Nobody says Balestinian autonomy. Or Balestinians.
I did not invent logic nor linguistics I am just a student of both.
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by BRAVO949
I did not invent logic nor linguistics I am just a student of both.
Then you should ask your instructors about overcompensation. You are either not a good student or have not advanced enough in your studies. Here's a hint - think Billy Joel and R's.
Originally posted by BRAVO949
Originally posted by ZeroKnowledge
reply to post by BRAVO949
You may or may not like the fact that the voice indicates a Hebrew accent but it clearly does and no honest linguist or person familiar with Arabic and Hebrew would ever say this recording was anything other than a Hebrew speaker speaking English.
How exactly is it clear that it is a Hebrew accent? Since you are surely a honest linguist - what tips can you suggest pinpointing to your clear conclusion? Just curious.
As for Arabs cannot saying "p" - i hope you are joking. As honest learned person, you should acknowledge that Arabs ,just as other people, can learn foreign languages. With ultra-super-duper hard letter "p" or without.
Since other very accurate scientific facts supporting Hebrew accent send us to Youtube, i suggest to you the same. Thousands of native Arab speakers have no problem with p. Nobody says Balestinian autonomy. Or Balestinians.
Okay, Zero - here is an example of two Palestinian individuals speaking Arabic.
Besides the fact that they are talking about an interesting subject if you listen intently at and just after 01:05 the thoughtful man uses the word Filistini. Then just seconds later the beautiful woman says the word Filistini'in.
Native Arabic speakers can correct me but the first case is the adjective form and the second is the noun form of the Arabic root word relating to Palestine which existed before the people who later called themselves Jews were an ethic or religious group at all.
In case you want to know how close this linguistic root word, verb and noun pattern is to both Arabic and Hebrew here is a link that explains the term Misrahi / Mizrahim - relating to "Eastern" Jews.
Notice the chart showing were these people live.
Originally posted by hooper
reply to post by BRAVO949
I did not invent logic nor linguistics I am just a student of both.
Then you should ask your instructors about overcompensation. You are either not a good student or have not advanced enough in your studies. Here's a hint - think Billy Joel and R's.
Originally posted by Alfie1
reply to post by BRAVO949
You have posed as trying to make an objective analysis of the recorded voice but I think your reference to " 19 men from a cave with box-cutters" makes your agenda plain.
Cassius, who has the same agenda, just wants to keep the debate solely about the supposed accent. However, the quality of the recording is poor and, it seems to me, that it is very unlikely any conclusion can be reached.
Extraordinary propositions require extraordinary evidence and it is certainly extraordinary to propose that the recorded speaker is a native hebrew speaker. So what have you and Cassius got beyond your opinion of the accent ? Nothing apparently.
Can you identify from the passenger manifest who this supposed hebrew speaker was ? Was he acting alone ?
Are you suggesting it was a joint Jew/Arab attack ?! Was it pure coincidence that Mohamed Atta (with associates ) was on AA 11 and Marwan al-Shehhi was on UA 175 ( with associates ) ? Both men known to each other from years before when part of the "Hamburg Cell" and under surveillance by German Intelligence. Both men who underwent flight training in Florida .
Unless you can come up with some substantiating evidence the debate solely about the supposed accent is just so much waffle.
Originally posted by waypastvne
When comparing the recorded voice to the one on this video,
You can tell the guy is defiantly Islamic. They sound exactly alike.
edit on 10-6-2011 by waypastvne because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by Cassius666
So all of you were able to muster the energy for mockery and insults
Originally posted by waypastvne
reply to post by BRAVO949
Dude my evidence is as good as yours.
I am not here to play chess or checkers. I am here to laugh at Truthers and the evidence they show me.
You may not be a native speaker of English and may not know that the idiomatic expressions "student of history", "student of linguistics" means a person with an interest in history or linguistics who has spent some time and energy studying the subjects.
reply to post by Cassius666
Yeah this shows what you have to offer to a constructive debate. So all of you take joy in displaying your ill manners on the internet, when your mommies would probably give you a slap on the hand if they caught you with your ill behaviour at home.