Nicholas Bodley wrote:
> "Qalamities" would be pronounced more or less like "calamities" in
> English! NOt sure who first used "Qalamite[s]", but I like the term.

Come on, Nicholas, don't be over modest! :-)

According to Qalam's archive, the term "Qalamites" first appeared in a
message from *you*, dating January 22, 2003:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qalam/message/1116

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Marco