Re: which languages use arabic alphabet?

On Jun 30, 10:12 pm, "Peter T. Daniels" <gramma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> On Jun 30, 8:10 pm, Yusuf B Gursey <y...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
> > On Jun 30, 8:01 pm, phogl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> > English is
> > > > occassionally writtten in Urdu script by Pakistanis.
>
> > > Interesting. Continuous discourse, or just borrowed words and
phrases?
>
> > I see it in menus and signs in the US by pakistani immigrants-
>
> That's a whole other topos. In Jackson Heights, Queens, where most of
> the North Indian scripts can be seen on storefronts, they almost
> always are used for English words and phrases!

the calligarphic logo of PIA, the Pakistani airline, reads pi: 'a:y
'e: !

>
> Though one store does have a handsome Bismillah in its window.