How to wear a shemagh

Freedom Fighter · November 3rd, 2005, 23:29

Quote:

Originally Posted by BC_K

Would you be able to provide a guide, as accurate as the one you just provided, on how to properly tie a turban?

lol, yes I also heard that turbans will be all the rage next season.

skaterjoe · November 4th, 2005, 20:48

I figured out the t-shirt ninja hood a long time ago. i used do put one of those on, make a wooden sword, and have sword fights with my brothers.
that was alot of fun. (and no, nobody's eye got poked out :innocent: )

XOXOXO · February 19th, 2006, 14:04

Questions:

1- Will a shemagh fog your goggles like crazy?

2- How much fabric (measures plz) do you need to make a nice "combat" shemagh (tight, not too long but not too short)?

dman · February 19th, 2006, 21:35

Answer:

1 - Depending on how you wear it, it may or may not. If you wear it up to your nose (like in the above pictures) it will fog. Even on colder, or less humid days it has been a problem. However, if you wear it more like a scarf, around your neck, and no higher than your mouth, you won't have any issues with fogging that you wouldn't have had before.

2 - A standard shemagh is 1 metre by 1 metre. If it's good enough for them, I'm sure it's good enough for us.

XOXOXO · February 19th, 2006, 22:06

Thanks

Teh-Haxzorz · June 23rd, 2006, 22:40

there we go I think i did it right. I had my goggles on it fog up when I exhaled by cleared when i inhaled. Then again my goggles are ventilated.

Russianboy · June 23rd, 2006, 23:26

I think you gave me a worm. There's one in one of the pics my norton just blocked it. Its on page one. Or it might be in the trash. I don't know my norton just blocked a worm from a photobucket.

Brakoo · June 23rd, 2006, 23:47

Quote:

Originally Posted by Russianboy

I think you gave me a worm. There's one in one of the pics my norton just blocked it. Its on page one. Or it might be in the trash. I don't know my norton just blocked a worm from a photobucket.

He used Imageshack to host his picture.

Russianboy · June 24th, 2006, 00:28

It might have been from some thing in the trash. I got the message when the page was still loading.

Moz · April 24th, 2007, 00:39

I feel like an idiot asking around town for one of these things:

How exactly do you properly pronounce shemagh?

wey ferro · April 24th, 2007, 01:21

shmeger

Moz · April 24th, 2007, 13:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by wey ferro

shmeger

that... isn't really helping me. (I'm english you see, we can't pronounce words)

Maybe if there is a video/sound clip of someone saying it out there.

techobo · April 24th, 2007, 14:00

She-mag

She as in sheep.
Mag as in magazine.

That's how I pronounce it. I could be wrong.

Mantelope · April 24th, 2007, 14:07

According to this: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shemagh
it's more like "shaMAG."

heimo · May 2nd, 2007, 16:24

I speak Arabic, I'm from Iraq.

A more proper spelling would be this: Shmagh

There is no "e" after the sh. The whole word is one syllable.

You just say shma first, the a being like the a in "barn" or "fart"

Then the ending letter is an Arabic letter that doesn't exist in English. I have never been able to teach any non-Arabic person how to actually say it, it is represented in English using the "gh"

The closest you can get to it is pronouncing it as a g, though it's still pretty far off.

So just say shmag

Oh and one more note. This is a good guide for only ONE way to wear it. There are bajillions of ways to wear it. Actually, each country has a specific way or set of ways. Sometimes we even attribute styles to specific people who made them.

A better set and more generic set of instructions would be the following:

1) fold it into a triangle
2) put it on your head in any way you want and wrap it however you want (you can just put it on without doing anything if you like)

That's it, there's no one way to wear it.

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February 19th, 2006, 21:35	#19
dman Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2001	Answer: 1 - Depending on how you wear it, it may or may not. If you wear it up to your nose (like in the above pictures) it will fog. Even on colder, or less humid days it has been a problem. However, if you wear it more like a scarf, around your neck, and no higher than your mouth, you won't have any issues with fogging that you wouldn't have had before. 2 - A standard shemagh is 1 metre by 1 metre. If it's good enough for them, I'm sure it's good enough for us. __________________ - "dman"

April 24th, 2007, 01:21	#26
wey ferro Trader rating Join Date: Dec 2004	shmeger __________________ www.ferroconcepts.com

April 24th, 2007, 14:07	#29
Mantelope Scotty aka harleyb Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Toronto, Ontario	According to this: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shemagh it's more like "shaMAG." __________________

February 19th, 2006, 14:04	#18
XOXOXO Formerly Estocade Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Montreal	Questions: 1- Will a shemagh fog your goggles like crazy? 2- How much fabric (measures plz) do you need to make a nice "combat" shemagh (tight, not too long but not too short)?

February 19th, 2006, 22:06	#20
XOXOXO Formerly Estocade Trader rating Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Montreal	Thanks

June 23rd, 2006, 22:40	#21
Teh-Haxzorz Trader rating Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Brunswick	there we go I think i did it right. I had my goggles on it fog up when I exhaled by cleared when i inhaled. Then again my goggles are ventilated.

June 23rd, 2006, 23:26	#22
Russianboy Banned Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Athens, GA	I think you gave me a worm. There's one in one of the pics my norton just blocked it. Its on page one. Or it might be in the trash. I don't know my norton just blocked a worm from a photobucket.

June 24th, 2006, 00:28	#24
Russianboy Banned Trader rating Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Athens, GA	It might have been from some thing in the trash. I got the message when the page was still loading.

April 24th, 2007, 00:39	#25
Moz Trader rating Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario	I feel like an idiot asking around town for one of these things: How exactly do you properly pronounce shemagh?

April 24th, 2007, 14:00	#28
techobo Trader rating Join Date: Sep 2004	She-mag She as in sheep. Mag as in magazine. That's how I pronounce it. I could be wrong.

May 2nd, 2007, 16:24	#30
heimo Trader rating Join Date: Apr 2007	I speak Arabic, I'm from Iraq. A more proper spelling would be this: Shmagh There is no "e" after the sh. The whole word is one syllable. You just say shma first, the a being like the a in "barn" or "fart" Then the ending letter is an Arabic letter that doesn't exist in English. I have never been able to teach any non-Arabic person how to actually say it, it is represented in English using the "gh" The closest you can get to it is pronouncing it as a g, though it's still pretty far off. So just say shmag Oh and one more note. This is a good guide for only ONE way to wear it. There are bajillions of ways to wear it. Actually, each country has a specific way or set of ways. Sometimes we even attribute styles to specific people who made them. A better set and more generic set of instructions would be the following: 1) fold it into a triangle 2) put it on your head in any way you want and wrap it however you want (you can just put it on without doing anything if you like) That's it, there's no one way to wear it. Last edited by heimo; May 2nd, 2007 at 16:27..

How to wear a shemagh

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