2026-08-05 22:30 UTC
@ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io we in Spanish say ojalá, which is an evolution of insha'Allah, same meaning
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ojal%C3%A1
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@KathleenMMM@spore.social 2026-08-05 23:02
@Anushka_Benari@neopaquita.es @ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io Fascinating! When I was a kid living on the US side of the border, I heard it a lot. As I was fresh of a year of phonics, all I can remember is it sounding like y-hola or I-hola. I’m finally learning Spanish and was embarrassed to learn that mira was not mida. 3rd generation and the language was lost in our family.
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@KathleenMMM@spore.social 2026-08-05 23:03
@Anushka_Benari@neopaquita.es @ParadeGrotesque@mastodon.sdf.org @mekkaokereke@hachyderm.io oh, I’ll be sure to think of it with reverence now.