[Buddha-l] Re: New trans. of poetry of the Sixth DL

[jkirk]

It really meant al-burqa-ki
It was based on a mansion where someone kept a gigantic harem and they all 
wore burqas.

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From: "Richard P. Hayes" <rhayes at unm.edu>
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Subject: [Buddha-l] Re: New trans. of poetry of the Sixth DL


>
>> Actually, I have more difficulty with your address - I always mentally
>> pronounce it as Alberquirky, which might be appropriate with you living
>> there.
>
> Albuquerqueños quickly discover that questions come in pairs. The most
> familiar pair is: 1) What city do you live in? 2) How do you spell
> that?
>
> The second question is complicated by the fact that an 'r' somehow got
> dropped overboard between Spain and New Mexico. The Spanish place after
> which the New Mexican town is named is spelled Alburquerque. That place,
> and therefore the New Mexican town almost named after it, has two
> etymologies. Some say it comes from the Latin name for a species of
> tree, and other says it is the corruption of an Arabic phrase.
> Naturally, I prefer the latter nirukti, but I have no reason whatsoever
> for doing so, except that I like Arabs more than Romans. (We populists
> always cheer on the underdogs, which may be why we become Buddhists.)
>
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