Why Do People Say Muslim Now Instead of Moslem?

http://historynewsnetwork.org/ ^ | 7-8-02 | Yii-Ann Christine Chen

[disndat]

One of those is absolutely hilarious. The other just looks funny. I remember that skit from the Carol Burnett show.

[disndat]

I am going to stick with mozlem. It is easier for me to pronounce than mohammadan. Plus I’m lazy so I don’t want to put that much effort into it.

[TEXOKIE]

Thank you.

[UCANSEE2]

Carry-on and I think I left it in the bathroom.

[AZLiberty]

If it was in the cockpit, I might have been worried.

[trebb]

Proper nouns are capitalized. It has nothing to do with respect. It is how English, our great language, is written.

I understand that, but when it comes to "Muzzie" and "allah" I prefer to go the extras stem to purposely "dis" those who exist and the false god the worship and murder for.

[trebb]

IMO, not capitalizing these words shows disrespect as in (under your definition Drew) not accepting muzzie or allah as being part of English proper. Intentionally ignoring.

Thanks - just got explaining the same concept to Drew before I noticed your proper explanation.

[ek_hornbeck]

Using the older term “musulman” will probably get the politically correct sensitivity police even more agitated than “moslem.”