Show arabic in everyday use ua housewives of the world use arabic in everyday conversation said dr henry farmer when he lectured lecture dat at glasgow university glasgow on arabian bian influence on western civilization recently housewives for instance scarcely imagine that when they talk of sugar cotton corton damask taffeta orange muslin lozenge and perhaps soap and the leofa they are using arabic words lie he continued men of learning use arabic continually probably without knowing it in medicine alcohol and alembic and hosts of other words are pure arabic and again when astronomers speak of zenith and nadir and mathematicians of algebra and cipher they are using arabic words |