I found this article in gulf news amusing
Al Ain:
Little shouting and screaming on the streets has made the UAE a "discomfortingly" quiet country for many visitors and expatriate residents, especially those with a Mediterranean background.
Thank god there is no shouting and screaming on the streets! Who would ever welcome that?
That has got to be the most idiotic thing to say.
How can people sleep at night with people shouting and screaming?
Thats discomforting!!!
So all of UAE is discomfortingly quiet?
But thats not the point of the article, but the research that is being conducted and the development of an Arabic-English mini-dictionary of UAE politeness formulas for visitors and newcomers to the UAE. This research is being conducted by UAEU.
I think that this mini-dictionary of UAE politenes is great and much needed!
You have to continue reading and reading to understand what its about.
You just have to laugh at the journalism found on gulfnews, khaleej times, emirates today (and most other online newspapers).
here is the full article :
http://gulfnews.com/nation/Society/10071241.html
Al Ain:
Little shouting and screaming on the streets has made the UAE a "discomfortingly" quiet country for many visitors and expatriate residents, especially those with a Mediterranean background.
Thank god there is no shouting and screaming on the streets! Who would ever welcome that?
That has got to be the most idiotic thing to say.
How can people sleep at night with people shouting and screaming?
Thats discomforting!!!
So all of UAE is discomfortingly quiet?
But thats not the point of the article, but the research that is being conducted and the development of an Arabic-English mini-dictionary of UAE politeness formulas for visitors and newcomers to the UAE. This research is being conducted by UAEU.
I think that this mini-dictionary of UAE politenes is great and much needed!
You have to continue reading and reading to understand what its about.
You just have to laugh at the journalism found on gulfnews, khaleej times, emirates today (and most other online newspapers).
here is the full article :
http://gulfnews.com/nation/Society/10071241.html
posted by Arabized at
5:32 PM
2 Comments:
Wow, I never thought I would hear the UAE described as a 'quiet' country. Maybe it's just because it's Ramadan right now and there are so many fireworks and midnight picnickers (particularly with young children). But then, the nocturnal screaming of children in my aparment seems to be a year round phenonmenon. :)
al ain is pretty quiet in general.
haha just yesterday i was lighting fireworks to entertain some children. :)
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