Oum- Taragalite (Soul Of Morocco) (information, lyrics, video, & comments)

Edited by Azizi Powell

This pancocojams post provides information about the Moroccan fusion singer Oum and showcases her song Taragalite (Soul Of Morocco).

The content of this post is presented for cultural, entertainment, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Oum and all those who are featured in this song and its video. Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publisher of this video on YouTube.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO: OUM - TARAGALTE (Soul Of Morocco) Official Video



OUM OFFICIAL, Published on Jan 4, 2013

Une chanson en hommage à la ville de M'hamid El Ghizlane et à son Festival Taragalte des Musiques du désert et du Monde, dont Oum a été la marraine de la quatrième édition.
Cette vidéo rapporte tous les moments forts de ce séjour dans le désert marocain. Des moments partagés avec les habitants de M'hamid, mais aussi avec des artistes venus du Mali (Tartit), de Mauritanie (Noura Mint Seymali), de France (Nico Wayne Toussaint).
L'édition 2012 du Festival Taragalte avait pour thème: Femmes du désert.

C'est à Taragalte que Oum a choisi de présenter Soul Of Morocco accompagnée de son nouveau quartet:
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Google translation from French to English:
A song in homage to the city of M'hamid El Ghizlane and its Festival Taragalte des Musiques du Désert et du Monde, of which Oum was the godmother of the fourth edition.
This video reports all the highlights of this stay in the Moroccan desert. There are moments shared with the inhabitants of M'hamid, but also with artists from Mali (Tartit), Mauritania (Noura Mint Seymali), France (Nico Wayne Toussaint).
The 2012 edition of the Taragalte Festival was devoted to Women of the Desert.

It was at Taragalte that Oum chose to present Soul Of Morocco accompanied by his new quartet:
Alain Debiossat: Baryton, saxo alto, soprano, flûte (+guitare)
Patrick Marie-Magdelaine: Guitares
Patrick Goraguer: Batterie, percussions
Damian Nueva: Contrebasse

Paroles, mélodies et arrangements: Oum….

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INFORMATION ABOUT OUM
From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oum_(singer)
"Oum El Ghaït Benessahraoui[1][2] أم الغيث بنت الصحراوي, known as Oum, born on 18 April 1978[3][4] in Casablanca,[3] is a Moroccan singer-songwriter. Considered an ambassador of Moroccan culture,[5] she mixes hassani, jazz, gospel, soul, afrobeat and Sufi music influences in her songs.[5]

Biography
At a very young age, Oum joined a gospel choir where she played her first solos at fourteen with a voice that impressed the listeners.[6]

At seventeen, her first song, "This is your heart" that she wrote to support the charity operation "Les malades du cœur", helped to successfully secure her first appearance on television.[6]

In 1996, she entered the National School of Architecture in Rabat.[6] She pursued her studies there until graduation in 2002.[6]

At the same time, she began to perform in public.[6] With a powerful and expressive voice, she takes over the repertoire of Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald or Whitney Houston.[6]

In 1998, Oum did her first attempts with hip-hop and RnB with Djo Catangana, a producer and creator of the French hip hop collective Mafia Trece.[6]

In 2002, she was noticed by Philippe Delmas who invited her to Paris. For two years, she alternated recording sessions and concerts in Casablanca with the Brotherwood band.[6] In 2004, she ended up her Parisian experience.[6]
Back to her homeland Morocco, she enters new musical universes: the Gnaoui and the Hassani.[6] Oum's decision to introduce such local forms of rhythms not only influenced her songs' tunes but also her lyrics. She performs with Barry, a musician known for his fusion of musical styles and repertoires, on the stages of the Gnaoua World Music Festival in Essaouira, the Tanjazz in Tangier and the Barcelona Acció Musical in Barcelona.[6]

Oum, who grew up in Marrakech, is a soul singer. Yet, her style remains unique since it's highly inspired by influences such as the Hassani poetry (Moroccan desert culture) and African rhythms.
Her first album Lik 'Oum appeared in Casablanca in May 2009.[7]"....

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LYRICS: TARAGALITE (SOUL OF MOROCCO)
(written by Oum)


زرناك و بهواك راحنا متعلقين
عشنا و شفنا ماحنا ناسين
لباب الصحراء حنا جينا
بروح إفريقيا غنينا
لصمت النجوم سمعنا
الفن كل ليلة ليلة
الاشعار و الانغام الزينة و الكل كان زين

تارغلت تارغلت يا مرحبتي
محمد يا زين الغزلان خير الناس فيك
فيك أكرم أكرم خيام يا وني يا وني بيك

Join us,
Come and join us at Taragalte
To the Sahara's gate
Come on and join us
Listen to the sound of peace,
Love, simplicity, complicity
Come on, come on, come on, join my people of Taragalte
Oasis of cultures and place of peace and dreams
Place of soul.mystery
Come to the desert,
Come to Taragalte.
Come into my people
Come join us

Youyouyouyouyouyouyou
Come on
Come on
Play that beat
Play that rythm


Source: https://www.musixmatch.com/lyrics/Oum/Taragalte

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM OUM - TARAGALTE (Soul Of Morocco) [VIDEO'S DISCUSSION THREAD]
These comments are given in chronological order excerpt for replies, and are numbered for referencing purposes only.

In addition to the congratulatory comments and information about Morocco in these comments, I'm interested in documenting how these comments are written, particularly how some of these comments include Caribbean vernacular terms/phrases such as "big up" and American vernacular terms such as "you rock". I'm also interested in documenting a number of commenters' use of internet/text lingo and spelling.

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dabithamid
"god bless morocco from tanger to Lagouira"

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jonathan logan
"why we change the name of cities from Amazigh to arabic?
TARAGALTE, Mogador, Tangis, Mazaghan..."

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Mehdi Maaroufi
"Proud to be Moroccan."

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fatima zahra belcaid
"I'm just in love with Sahraha, the place where i grow up, and tnx Oum for this amazing SOng
Love you :)"

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Ilyass Mardy
"a7la tzghritta big up to you oum chapeau"

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Howard Keller
"What a beautiful woman, beautiful voice, song, and video. Very impressive! Thank you for sharing!"

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Fadwa Asbi
"You took the Moroccan music to the next level !! This is amazing !!"

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Najma Nuriddin
"Beautiful! Mama Africa!"

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karim abderrafiq
"song with deeep verrrry deep meaning
thx OUM"

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feyrouze lamarocaine
"Sérieusement oum tu est un exemple pour moi!tu représente la femme marocaine d'aujourd hui et ca Jen suis très fière :tu as ton propre style ta propre façon de parler et surtout de penser!vraiment ...chapeau!je taime oum!"
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Google translation from French to English
"Seriously oum you are an example for me, you represent the Moroccan woman of today and ca Jen am very proud: you have your own style your own way to speak and especially to think ... really ... hat, I taime oum! [Thank you Oum]"

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Eniola Apata
"This look like Merzougha i am very proud of this people of Sahara to hold on their African root. These people are native of our beloved continent. It give me joy with all our diversity as people, we can still come together. With all force from western imperialism to divide our people in the continent, the so called sub Sahara African and our North African brother and sister are been living together long before Arab and European set their foot on this beloved and amazing continent. T"

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E. Zouhair
"Big Up Pour Toi Oum ! Excellente Combinaison , On est fan de ce que tu fais (y)"

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yasabdo
"fabuleuse OUM. U're the Soul and Pride of our dear Kingdom Morocco."

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simo
"Oum!! i live in the coldest country on earth Ive been away from home for over 3 years and this song made me warm made me miss home ,got tears.
You basically inspired many moroccans.
I wish you the best of luck. Tbarkalah 3lik"

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Blvck White
"Oum
LOVE & PEACE FROM MARRAKECH ♥"

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kaoutar hrari
"the song is outstanding!!
the headwraps are killing me!!
u simply rock"

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Rachad ESSOURI
"MOROCCO have a beautiful soul !"

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Haro Wanderlust
"Let the music feel your soul.."

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saida saadoun
"ça c'est une chanson
ça c'est de la musique
ça c'est une Diva
Bravo Oum .. rarissime les chanteurs de ton genre (y)"
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Google translate from French to English:
"this is a song
this is music
this is a Diva
Bravo Oum .. rare singers of your kind (y) "

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"Youssef Ayour
"Beautiful song .. thumb up from a Moroccan in south of Mississippi"

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Louie Noujoum
"Ilove both of you Oum and Gad you are the big mirror of our culture..the big MOrocco."

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ameltrust Kaci
"So nice... I'm from Algeria, we are lucky because we are from North Africa on the Mediterranean, we have the most beautiful artists, a wonderful food, and nice people... Vive les méditerranéen"

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fati mokhtari
"Words cannot describe what I feel when i listen to this Lady. She know how to use the spirit of Morocco."

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saloua
"go on Oum! you rock !!
<3"

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Morocco Maroc
"I couldn't be more prouder as a Moroccan to hear such a beautiful Moroccan singer singing such a beautiful song. Very moving voice indeed ! WOW, the combination of Moroccan & English lyrics made it even more attractive. Very rarely you find singers singing the same song using multiple languages, My Friends, this is made in Morocco !!

This is TRUE MOROCCAN BLUES ! I wish if BB-King listens to this song. She will be invited to one of his concerts for sure.
Plz visit us at MoroccoUSA [.] com"

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kaoutar EL KADIRI
"Peace and love OUM ..."

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Boumliha Zakaria
"Oum je ss pas quoi dire !! . juste formidable, syma la ziik ... Ga3 tes musiques kay mezkonii !! ... #1.LOVE
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Google translation from French to English:
"Oum I ss not what to say !! . just great, syma la ziik ... Ga3 your music kay mezkonii !! ... # 1.LOVE"

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Ayoub Belhachmi
"soooooooooooooooooo nice"

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laura kira
"Eu gosto oum é um grande artista marroquino e digo mais uma grande cantora internacional! ela tem um carisma que difere de todos os cantores, no mundo árabe, é a originalidade de Marrocos"
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Google translation from Portuguese to English
"I like oum is a great Moroccan artist and I say another great international singer! she has a charisma that
differs from all the singers in the Arab world, is the originality of Morocco"

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Tarik Mahmoudi
"go ahead (y) u doin' right masha allah 3leek ;)"

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youn3ss
"Respect OUM <3"

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Hassan Medbouh Mezian
"Jolie chanson et belle voie. Sahara fusion."
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Google translate from French to English:
"Pretty song and beautiful voice. Sahara fusion."

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iliyas snow
"Really really Nice song love it Maximum peace oum we <3 you !! "

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Redwane Ouahim
"WAAAAAAW Amazing Tuuuuuuune <3"

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H. Hamza
"You are AWESOME. I can't wait to see you in Casablanca
This song reflexes what we really are: Africans, Arabs, Berbers ,and above all, MUSLIMS."

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Majda Ben el mouaz
"Excellent travail !!
Quel goût, quelle classe et queeeelle voix!
Bravo :)"

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nabil tayaa
"Pchaaakh a lidam !! La scène marocaine se porte bien actuellement grâce à la talentueuse OUM et quelques autres ARTISTES ( Wa Sma3 a hadak l Bou3ar Dyal l Bigg Dyask Kidayrine, Galik wlmaghrib Wrah Pfff)
Pchaaakh a lidam !! The Moroccan scene is currently doing well thanks to the talented OUM and some other ARTISTS (Wa Sma3 hadak l Bou3ar Dyal l Bigg Dyask Kidayrine, Galik wlmaghrib Wrah Pfff)
Excellent work !!
What taste, what class and what voice!
Bravo :)"

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Panda lover
"Good job Oum. this vidéo Just makes me want to go to the south ♡"

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Martine THIERRY
"La musique est douce dommage que je ne comprenne pas les paroles; bisous à Gad et à Oum"

this is a song
this is music
this is a Diva
Bravo Oum .. very rare singers of your kind (y)
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Google translation from French to English:
"The music is gentle pity that I do not understand the words; kisses to Gad and Oum

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Keith Kadmiri
"A mystical desert pilgrimage in Southern Morocco, every soul should experience at least once in a lifetime. A place where one meet his/her own soul, away from man-made pollution... Well done " Oum Deesse Du Sahara Marocain"."

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Ely L B
"The best morocain jazz"

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Mohamed EL BAKI
"Très belles chansons et musiques: musiques traditionnelles et "Soul". une belle initiative que celle de ce Groupe.Très belle est la voix de la chanteuse.
La diversité marocaine dans sa grandeur et sa splendeur.
Arabes,Amazighes,Sahraouis,une Histoire et une civilisation arabo-bertbèro-musulmanes.Des langues régionales,des coutumes et des traditions,mais une seule identité MAROCAINE.
France,Haute-Savoie : 24/10/2013.
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Google translation from French to English
Very beautiful songs and music: traditional music and "Soul". a beautiful initiative than that of this Group.Very beautiful is the voice of the singer.
Moroccan diversity in its grandeur and splendor.
Arabs, Amazighs, Sahrawis, an Arab-Muslim-Arabic history and civilization. Regional languages, customs and traditions, but a single Moroccan identity."

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What "smh" REALLY Means (information & examples) Part I

Edited by Azizi Powell

This is Part I of a two part series on the acronym "smh". Part I provides information and comments about a few examples of "smh".
Click http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-smh-really-means-information_1.html for Part II of this series. Part II provides a portion of the information in that post as well as additional examples of the use of "smh".

The content of this post is presented for cultural and etymological purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to all those who are quoted in this post. Thanks also to Whoissugar, the vlogger who is featured in one video that is showcased below.

UPDATE: October 7, 2014
Here are links to two other pancocojams post that mention "shakin my head" (smh):
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/10/what-tv-show-glees-shakin-my-head-song.html

http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2014/10/hip-hop-doo-wop-and-country-music-songs.html

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PART I
WHAT IS "SMH" AND WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
"Smh" is an acronym for "shaking my head". At least to date, "smh" appears to be limited to written communication on the internet (such as blogging, posting on social media sites, and tweeting) and telephone text messaging.

People usually write about something and then add the acronym "smh" at the end of that sentence. For instance, a person might write "Did you see that movie? The reviews said it told the true story about relationships between men and women. smh. Or, less often, "smh" is found at the beginning of a sentence or at the beginning of a short-hand internet/text message statement. For instance, "smh @"XYZ" movie.

Most of the time when people write "smh", they're communicating that they are figuratively shaking their head in reaction to the words and/or actions of another person. When "smh" is written, it expresses that the person feels or felt one or more of the following: disbelief about or negative judgment of what a person has said or done, for example the belief that the person is ignorant, or foolish, or a liar, or racist. "Smh" is also used to express exasperation, disdain, disgust, and/or anger because of those previously listed reasons or for other reasons.

In that regard, it appears to me that "smh" has the same or similar meanings as "kiss teeth" ("suck teeth") does among Black people in the Caribbean and in Africa. I think that "kiss teeth", "suck teeth" have and "smh" (usually) has an element of heightened impatience with the person whose comments or actions caused that person to make that gesture or caused the writer to add "smh" at the end of her or his comments (or at the beginning of those comments). But I think that there may also be an element of impudence in "kiss teeth"/"suck teeth" that I don't think is present in "smh".

I also believe that the reasons for writing "smh" are quite similar to the reasons someone would do a "side eye" or "eye roll". In addition, writing "smh" might also sometimes be motivated by the same reasons that people lightly smack their forehead with their hand (do a "face palm"), although it seems to me that a face palm is usually done because the person is exasperated with his or her foolish, stupid non-serious and non-offensive actions or those types of actions or words that someone else has done or said. Furthermore, I think that the face palm gesture is one that is most often done by non-Black Americans, and I think mostly Black females- write "eyeroll" or write "side eye" at the end of a sentence the same way and for the same reasons that people- I think at least early on, mostly African American people- wrote "smh". [I'll write more shortly about the racial aspects of "smh" and to a lesser degree about the racial aspect of "face palm"].

But in contrast to those other gestures, I think that probably few people who write "smh" take the time and use their energy to actually shake their head. Instead, it's my sense that writing "smh" is a way of conveying the action of shaking one's head (and saying "un un un" along with that gesture).

I listed above what I believe are main reasons why people write "smh" online or in text messages. [I confess I've not used that acronym myself.] However, a person might also write "smh" as a form of wry, self-deprecating sense of humor to note something that she or he realizes about herself or himself or about people (and animals or things) who or that they associate with. Most of the examples from whoissugar's two featured videos in this pancocojams series demonstrate that type of usage of "smh".

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THE AFRICAN AMERICAN ROOTS OF "SMH" & ESTABLISHING A MARKER FOR THE EARLY USE OF "SMH"
I believe that "smh" is used (or at least "early on" was used) more often by African Americans than by non-African Americans, including other Black people. Unlike "side eye", "eye roll", "kiss teeth", and "suck teeth", "smh" isn't an old-school (traditional) African Diaspora or African cultural term. Nor does it appear to be an old school, traditional non-Black term.

I don't know when or where "smh" was first used. However, 2009 is the earliest online mention of this acronym that I've found: https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090503231937AA75mhg [hereafter given as Yahoo answers:smh]

That Yahoo query was posted anonymously. Here's that question

"is smh a black internet slang?

i have no idea what it means, but i often see it in message boards and comment areas. the posters are always black people. can someone clue me in?”
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Notice the use of the term "message boards". The use of the term "message boards" instead of "blogs" provides some clue about when this "asker" saw "smh" used. Other blog posts that i've read in which commenters associated the acronym "smh" with Black people*, such as the 2010 blog thread on http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=128512063 . Here's the initial post on that bodybuilding thread:
"10-22-2010, 12:22 PM#1
mikeyBarracuda
Location: Boca Raton, Florida, United States…
Why do lots of black people say "SMH"?
Yes I know what it means - "shake my head"
But it seems as if a large majority of black people say "SMH" on facebook, through text, etc.
(no racist)"
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I interprete "no racist" to mean that the blogger wants to assure people that he didn't intend his question or comments to be racist.)

Although Facebook began in 2004, I wonder what the research indicates about when a significant number of Facebook users -whatever that percentage would be- were African American. Beecause of the "digital divide", I wouldn't be surprised if that didn't happen until 2009.

Returning to that Yahoo answers:smh query page, there are six responses to that question "Is smh a Black internet acronym?" Each of those answers was published in 2009. Three of the commenters either self-idenfied as Black or their accompanying photograph was of a person who people would usually identify as Black. One of those three commenters indicated that she or he knew about the acronym "smh", but denied that it was or should be associated with Black people.* Here's that comment:
"msknowitall answered 5 years ago [2009]
"I'm black.. and I have no idea what it means..
Get over it..
Its just an internet slang..
That hasn't caught on yet.."
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Notice that this commenter writes in 2009 that this internet slang "hadn't caught on yet".

The comment that the person who posted the query ranked as the "Best Answer" was from Christy:
"It means
"shakin my head"
there you're clued in
Example:
Girl: What are you doin?
Boy: Smokin Crack..
Girl: Smh you're a loser
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Other blog threads also associate the acronym "smh" with Black people and it by the number of racist comments on most of those blogs that many if not all of their commenters are non-Black. Most of those blogs [including the bodybuilding:smh but not the Yahoo answers:smh blog also include profanity and sexually explicit responses.

Speaking of that 2010 bodybuilder:smh thread, one commenter on that thread Bannister11
…Location: New Jersey, United States wrote that
"I thought it was a message board thing but I noticed my black friends who don't frequent forums use it too."
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I wonder if that blogger meant telephone texting when he said that his black friends who don't blog use the acronym "smh". Perhaps I'm wrong. Maybe Black people (and other peeople?) use "smh" elsewhere besides the internet and telephone texting. I'd love to know more about this.
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*Note: The referent "Black" wasn't defined in that website or in other blog threads in which commenteers noted that "smh" was associated with Black people or commenters asked whether "smh" was mostly or entirely associated with Black people. In spite of the fact that a lot of Black people aren't African Americans, given the prepondance of Americans on the English speaking internet, and the fact that at least on some website (but not the Yahoo:smh site) a number of commenters indicated that they were from the USA, it's reasonable to assume that people meant "African American" when they wrote "Black".)

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THIS USE OF "SMH" AS DEFINED ON INTERNET ACRONYMS WEBSITES
"smh" may mean other things that aren't related to a person's comments about or reaction to something that was said or done, such as the "Sydney Morning Herald" (newspaper). Here are two entries from the internet acronym website: http://pc.net/slang/meaning/smh

"SMH
Meaning: shaking my head

Type: Acronym

Rank: ★ ★ ★ Common

Usage: Online Only (chat, messaging, e-mail)

Comments
Expresses disapproval, disagreement, or speechlessness; used when something is so bad that you just shake your head; can also mean, "I disagree," "I can't believe it," or "Not again..."

Updated: December 19, 2012
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"SMH
Meaning: Smash my head

Type: Acronym

Rank: ★ ★ ☆ Average

Usage: Online Only (chat, messaging, e-mail)

Comments:
SMH can also be used to say you are smashing your forehead on your hand. It is similar to saying, "D'oh!" after doing something dumb.*
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I think that "smashing your forehead" is the same thing as "face palm", but I'm not sure about that. (One commenter on the bodybuilding:smh website wrote that "smh" is black people's way of saying "face palm").

Neeither that Internet acronym website nor any other such website that I visited on September 30, 2014] made any mention about "smh" being mostly or entirely associated early on or presently with any specific racial population.

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SHOWCASE VIDEO AND SELECTED COMMENTS FROM THAT VIDEO

56-whoissugar's side-eye Saturday Volume 2...3 days early



Uploaded by whoissugar on Mar 8, 2011
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Her's a comment that includes "smh" from the video itself:
"SIDE EYE EVENTS...
A male co worker called me "afrocentric," "neo soul," and "black panther" all BECAUSE I AM NATURAL!! SMH He gets the side eye every time I see him..
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Here are two comments from that video along with whoissugar's responses to those comments:

Tissa Chelle, march 8, 2011
"you crack me up...I can 't stand it when I dont have a video to watch from you...but twitter helps...lol

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whoissugar, Mar 8, 2011 in reply to Tissa Chelle
"@PureRHOty AWE! Honey, I'm still trying to get the hang of twitter. Apart of me still doesn't get it. smh.
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“Apart” = a part
Note that whoissugar used smh in her self –deprecating remark about not "getting" (knowing how to use) twitter.
This comment written in 2011 lends further credence to the view that ‘‘smh” is a relatively newly coined acronym.

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Myeka324Mar 8, 2011•LINKED COMMENT
"You are so funny Sug! That's funny what your cat did with the rumba....lawd have mercy! And the iron on the "hell" setting? Lol to that as well...appreciate you too girl and hugs right back at ya! :o) this vid is too much"

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whoissugar, Mar 8, 2011 in reply to Myeka324
"@Myeka324 Chile, I'm mad how he didn't smell my shirt burning. SMH!"
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Notice how this example of "smh" is also written in good humor, and not in anger, disbelief, disdain, or disgust, as a number of other examples of smh are written.

Many of the comments that will be featured in Part II of this series demonstrate those types of emotions. That post will be published ASAP.

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RELATED LINK
http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2012/03/puttin-on-black-side-eye-videos.html "Putting On The Black: Side Eye"

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http://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-kiss-teeth-suck-teeth-means.html "What Kiss Teeth (Suck Teeth) Mean"

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