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Ewww. Legolas Send a noteboard - 29/12/2011 08:48:21 PM
The poetry will be in nasta'liq, so I might as well learn it sooner rather than later. I'm thinking I might actually buy the Rosetta Stone software for Persian, just so I can speed things up a bit (usually I don't have the patience for such software).

Never used Rosetta Stone, though I'm amused at how your "speeding things up" requires "patience that you usually don't have". :P

I've always thought nasta'liq looked extremely tiresome to read, but I suppose with some effort it has to be doable... still, rather you than me. ;)

For the sake of practicing the alphabet, you could also try reading lots of loanwords or words that you already know, like e.g. this (and how's that for an URL?).
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نسسپ:/ کئتٱاب Larry - 29/12/2011 02:53:56 AM 879 Views
FYI I'm pretty sure you have an extra alif in there... *NM* Tim - 29/12/2011 02:22:20 PM 342 Views
Re: FYI I'm pretty sure you have an extra alif in there... Larry - 29/12/2011 03:09:02 PM 716 Views
Was that supposed to be kitab? You wrote n, not i, for the second consonant. *NM* Tom - 29/12/2011 04:32:39 PM 289 Views
Strange... Larry - 29/12/2011 04:37:13 PM 809 Views
کتاب Tom - 29/12/2011 04:41:26 PM 663 Views
Re: کتاب Larry - 29/12/2011 04:42:51 PM 785 Views
"I" doesn't look like that in a medial position, Larry. Tom - 29/12/2011 04:47:04 PM 728 Views
I meant the typewriter "i" Larry - 29/12/2011 04:53:46 PM 715 Views
As a side note, I'm greatly amused with myself for typing "typewriter" in late 2011. Larry - 29/12/2011 05:01:39 PM 714 Views
Frankly, the rest of it looks garbled, too *NM* Tom - 29/12/2011 04:44:16 PM 296 Views
Yeah, you're not supposed to type the i, hence that hamza that you get. Legolas - 29/12/2011 07:07:14 PM 810 Views
Might be for the best at this time Larry - 29/12/2011 07:24:31 PM 684 Views
I don't think it'll be that bad. Legolas - 29/12/2011 07:38:41 PM 692 Views
Oh, nasta'liq is in my near future Larry - 29/12/2011 07:50:56 PM 642 Views
Ewww. Legolas - 29/12/2011 08:48:21 PM 858 Views
Yes, I have to do it at some point Larry - 29/12/2011 08:57:18 PM 696 Views
Let me put it this way... Legolas - 29/12/2011 09:27:36 PM 649 Views
I don't think "put off" is the word for it Larry - 29/12/2011 09:40:37 PM 969 Views
Okay. Legolas - 29/12/2011 10:03:11 PM 779 Views
Prejudices are fine...when they lead me to poets I like Larry - 29/12/2011 10:23:28 PM 903 Views
Persian doesn't have as many sounds as Arabic. Tom - 30/12/2011 12:27:01 AM 679 Views
A small mercy so far Larry - 30/12/2011 12:59:18 AM 813 Views
Wouldn't that just make it harder to spell right? Legolas - 30/12/2011 07:51:06 PM 736 Views
Yes. Tom - 30/12/2011 11:34:34 PM 697 Views
It's like é è à á î ï í ì ö ô ó ò ø, etc. to me Larry - 31/12/2011 12:31:21 AM 792 Views
Re: نسسپ:/ کئتٱاب dacole - 30/12/2011 06:38:03 PM 722 Views
I have a talent with languages and it challenges my mind, which I need. Simple as that. *NM* Larry - 31/12/2011 12:32:32 AM 398 Views
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