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Bad title on NYT's part. The west has dog "beauty contests". That being said, there is something very cool about appreciating the grace and power of a traditio

Bad title on NYT's part. The west has dog "beauty contests". That being said, there is something very cool about appreciating the grace and power of a traditionally ugly beast of burden.

themitigating 5y ago
What's bad about the title? It's just saying this exists and it's part of their culture. In no way does it imply it's strange. It's not "Beauty contests for an animal? This unusual cultural event comes to us from.." or something
- rpmisms 5y ago
  We call them Dog Shows, why would this not be a Camel Show?
  - crooked-v 5y ago
    Different languages have different colloquialisms.
    - rpmisms 5y ago
      So why not use ours, for an article in our language?
  - deleted 5y ago
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- solohan 5y ago
  I was confused as well. Perhaps they're referring to the actual title of the article on nytimes.com which is "Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra". I like the HN title better too.
aaron695 5y ago
I assume it's a translation error back in 1420 AH (2000 AD which is kinda pre-internet) by the King. He misunderstood how it's done in the West when naming it in Arabic. Arabic wiki and UAE media also call it beauty - https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%84 https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7... The fact these articles don't address the issue is the problem. For instance, when we show our goats, which are pets to us, we won't cut back their hair, because the hair to us is what we want in a pet, but to a breeder you need to see muscular and udder definitions etc on show. The breeders think we are strange/not that serious. When they botox the camels is it about the camel as a machine or the camel as a companion. Perhaps it's a similar arguments about is it "Allah" or "God" in the Koran. Here there is a bit of sniggering going on, but perhaps the Arabs own it. Child beauty pageant are a thing in the US which is owned.

Bad title on NYT's part. The west has dog "beauty contests". That being said, there is something very cool about appreciating the grace and power of a traditionally ugly beast of burden.

themitigating 5y ago

What's bad about the title? It's just saying this exists and it's part of their culture. In no way does it imply it's strange. It's not "Beauty contests for an animal? This unusual cultural event comes to us from.." or something

rpmisms 5y ago
We call them Dog Shows, why would this not be a Camel Show?
- crooked-v 5y ago
  Different languages have different colloquialisms.
  - rpmisms 5y ago
    So why not use ours, for an article in our language?
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
solohan 5y ago
I was confused as well. Perhaps they're referring to the actual title of the article on nytimes.com which is "Meet the Beauty Queens of Al Dhafra". I like the HN title better too.

aaron695 5y ago

I assume it's a translation error back in 1420 AH (2000 AD which is kinda pre-internet) by the King. He misunderstood how it's done in the West when naming it in Arabic. Arabic wiki and UAE media also call it beauty - https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%85%D9%84%D9%83_%D8%B9%D8%A8%D8%AF_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%B9%D8%B2%D9%8A%D8%B2_%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A5%D8%A8%D9%84 https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%AC%D8%A7... The fact these articles don't address the issue is the problem. For instance, when we show our goats, which are pets to us, we won't cut back their hair, because the hair to us is what we want in a pet, but to a breeder you need to see muscular and udder definitions etc on show. The breeders think we are strange/not that serious. When they botox the camels is it about the camel as a machine or the camel as a companion. Perhaps it's a similar arguments about is it "Allah" or "God" in the Koran. Here there is a bit of sniggering going on, but perhaps the Arabs own it. Child beauty pageant are a thing in the US which is owned.