Charles Cameron has a new Gothic-themed doublequote for us:
Several observations:
- Interesting blood-drinking parallel with the antisemitic blood libel
- Doesn't make sense to include "happy new year", given the secular nature of that event
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December 29, 2010
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New Year's is secular, true, but it does presume the use of a specific (non-Muslim) calendar...
Posted by: Alison | December 29, 2010 at 22:24
Good point, Alison. I wonder how often the speakers use old-school Muslim calendar dating.
Posted by: Bryan Alexander | January 02, 2011 at 13:57