"Arabic pirates", Arabic is the language spoken by Arabs, Arab is the proper word for the ethnic group. The more you know.
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- Legacy ID
- 1859026563
- Severity
- None
- Resolution
- Open
- Reproducibility
- Always
- Category
- Visual-GUI
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Edit: The correct form might also be "Arabian pirates", if it is historical (I obviously ignore most of those tips so can't remember the context)
http://www.google.com/search?q=definition+arabian
http://english.stackexchange.com/questions/18464/arab-or-arabic-or-arabian
http://public.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/arab.html
http://www.englishforums.com/English/ArabicOrArabianOrArabs/bjpvn/post.htm
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Arabian was used historically as in it isn't commonly used any more. It's not used if the context is historic.