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[Chat Log] April-May 2019
I don't know where you're raised, but the point of nicknames is personality. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
Is that what you think of nicknames? This somehow makes sense. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
I'll try a few more words, eventually, something's going to stick. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
I'm actually in Paris now, had a meeting this morning, looking into lunch at the moment, but I'm lazy. -
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[Chat Log] April-May 2019
I don't know the origin, Habibi, but probably. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
That's it, 'Wayed' interesting, or 'This drewel wayed expensive, no bezat' -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
Wouldn't know, but I hear that a lot. Also 'wayed' for some reason, being used instead of 'very'. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
Which, by the way, is pronounced halli-walli. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
I'd say 'I'm going to Du-Bai' when I'm in Berlin, then once I land, I would say 'I'm in Du-Bae'. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
Once I started having business meetings in the Gulf, I began pronouncing city names the way they do it. Dubai = Du-bae, Abu Dhabi = Abu Thabi. Then I started automatically switching it depending on where I was, had no idea I was doing it. -
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[Chat Log] April-May 2019
I'm more of a conversational translator if I ever translate anything. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
You'd have to understand the full nuances of both languages for something like that. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
True story -- I had a business meeting in Dubai, and this guy came in, spoke French with such a thick accent that I thought he was speaking Arabic. My brain didn't quite get how it understood his Arabic until I spoke French back... because it was French. -
[Chat Log] April-May 2019
Ha, probably not. Wouldn't register in time anyway.
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Lucy:
: What do you call a line of dads waiting to get haircuts? A: The barberqueue!
Lucy:
: What do you call a line of dads waiting to get haircuts? A: The barberqueue!