Comments on PeaceBang: "Call Me Issa."

I've never really been a fan of Jane S., but you'v...

2007-02-07T17:23:00.000-05:00

I've never really been a fan of Jane S., but you've all got me feeling sorry for her! :-)

As to a (seriously) minor point, there are good linguistic reasons to doubt Professor Divine's prescriptivist preference for fewer over less.

My goodness, Jane S. certainly does provoke some V...

2007-02-05T21:14:00.000-05:00

My goodness, Jane S. certainly does provoke some VERY STRONG OPINIONS. Yowza.

Also, excuse me, but Professor Divine needs to say...

2007-02-05T21:05:00.000-05:00

Also, excuse me, but Professor Divine needs to say that Miss Jane's grammar is off. It's FEWER things, not "less" things.

Now, Professor Divine must confess that she has no idea who Jane Siberry is. And I thought I was still on the younger side of middle age!

I have, however, met people named Issa.

I didn't get the sense that she wanted to live lik...

2007-02-05T20:30:00.000-05:00

I didn't get the sense that she wanted to live like a poor person; only that she wanted to have no responsibility for stuff.

I can relate to that feeling. Once in a while I look at my little house crammed full of stuff, needing dusting and cleaning and vacuuming and washing and repairing, etc. and wish my house would just catch fire and burn down.

Dear all- issa (nee Jane Siberry) has a new name.....

2007-02-05T17:10:00.000-05:00

Dear all- issa (nee Jane Siberry) has a new name....and new THONGS? and she's living out of a backpack- BECAUSE SHE HAS THE CASH to stay on hotels- and use their soap and shampoo and electricity, I bet! Dont give me any of that moral one upness, issa- you're still consuming and owning- only now, its at an even greater expense....try talking to some of the families who have to live oiut of

I've met lots of Christian Arabs, but have never m...

2007-02-05T12:58:00.000-05:00

I've met lots of Christian Arabs, but have never met any named Issa (or even heard of any famous living Arabs named Issa). But if it's common among those still living in the Arab world, that would make sense, given the popularity of other prophet names.

I've only met two people named Issa. One was a black american Muslim convert, and one was a young white man whose parents named him -

Actually, Jesus is a common Christian name in the ...

2007-02-05T10:35:00.000-05:00

Actually, Jesus is a common Christian name in the Arabic speaking world. (If you don't know about the significant indigeneous Christian minority in Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Jordan, Palestine and Egypt, or think that "Arab" and "Muslim" are synonymous, then shame on you). I can't decide if the fact that Jane Siberry now calls herself by this name is evidence of her ignorance (does she not know that

Sarah, "When I Was a Boy" is a phenomenal album by...

2007-02-05T09:10:00.000-05:00

Sarah, "When I Was a Boy" is a phenomenal album by Jane Siberry. Maybe Dar Williams also has a song of the same name.

I've long wondered why Jesus is not a common name ...

2007-02-04T23:21:00.000-05:00

I've long wondered why Jesus is not a common name except in the spanish speaking world. Interesting that she would take a man's name ... but that would be kind of unfair to limit his namesakes to being only male. I don't know of any female versions of Jesus. There's just Mary, which I guess is close.

Hey PB,Sorry you had that yucky experience. Somet...

2007-02-04T22:48:00.000-05:00

Hey PB,
Sorry you had that yucky experience. Sometimes our generosity is not received with a generous spirit.

BTW, are you confusing your singer/songwriters? I think "When I was a boy" is a Dar Williams song.