> Thanks for the explanation Chuck. Funny, but when I was learning my "street language" in Spanish, hijo de puta was about the worst thing you could say to someone-similar to your son-of phrase. I know in Spain, because they were occupied for so long by the Moors, lots of Arabic found its way into their language, exp into Catalan. Thanks again! Mary > Hi Mary! > Chuck here!! > This was one of the more "naughty" parts of learning Arabic, something that I learned outside of the classroom. Some of what I'd written down were swearwords in the Libyan dialect, and the rest was standard name calling from the Lebanese/Syrian dialects. The Libyan word "manyaak" is a pretty nasty word, and it's more or less equivalent to the f-word --leave it to the Libyans -- (though I'm pretty uncomfortable with it in any language.) The words "bin sharmuuta" is a very uncomplimentary term casting scorn about one's parentage, "bin" meaning son-of, and "sharmuuta"means, to put it nicely, an un-chaste woman. > As for "Ma'a s-sarami", it's a uncomplimentary way of saying "see ya' later", which is always "ma'a s-salami" (meaning more or less "go in peace'.) Now, if you say "Ma'a s-sarami" while parting, it means "with the shoes", implying that people will walk over him with their shoes (the bottom of the shoes or the feet for that matter being considered very unclean.) Anyhoo, that's their meanings and I apologize for my stooping to use them.
> > Before I go, are you interested in kites? I make my kites out of ripstop nylon, though I'm not too good at applique yet. I'm strictly a single-line kiteflier (though people in our kite club cover the entire spectrum of kitemaking and kiteflying.) Well, back to the hunt for the Andorran info. See ya'! > Sincerely, > Chuck Anderson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chuck: This is Mary at flitwick, etc. What's going on here? Who wrote the > dreaded F words, and why? Just a turnip, as you say, I guess. Those are the > kind of people who decrease everyones quality of life, right? Say, what did > you say in Arabic? Mary > > Dear,dear nii boye (if that's your real name (if you ARE for real that is!!) > > I was, let's say non-plussed by your literary efforts. I guess every nation > has a person > with the I.Q. of a turnip, and I guess for Andorra, nii boye, YOU are that > person! > > You should have provided some information about yourself, and perhaps I'd > have the honor > of meeting you in person! Is a sneak attack and remaining anonymous the best > you can > do? I'm very disappointed that the Andorra Cafe let you sneak-in and write > this on a > normal person's e-mail. Go home nii boye, your madre is calling you!! (It's > 7PM and it's > past your bedtime!) This is not the fault of the person whose e-mail you hi- > jacked! > There's more that I can say, but anything worth saying is probably way over > your head > anyway, bin sharmuta uu manyaak! Ma'a "s-sarami"!! You owe an apology to the > person at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] !!!!!!! > > Chuck Anderson > > nii boye wrote:FUCK YOU FUUK YOU > > FUCK YOU FUCK YOU > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Vez al: www.andorramania.com para ver agencias. > > > Mary > > > Agradecer�a a quien me pudiese informar, alquilar un > > > apartamento en > > > > Andorra La Vella o Caldea durante unos d�as y que > > > no fuese por mediaci�n > > > > de una agencia de viajes, si no a trav�s de > > > particulares. > > > > Atentamente > > > > Cesar > > > > > > > > > > > > ......................................... > > > > Per donar-se de baixa: > > > http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_ca.php > > > > To unsubscribe: > > > http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_en.php > > > > -- AndorraWEB -- http://andorraweb.com > > > > ......................................... > > > > > > > > > > > > ........................................ > > > Per donar-se de baixa: > > > http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_ca.php > > > To unsubscribe: > > > http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_en.php > > > -- AndorraWEB -- http://andorraweb.com > > > ........................................ > > > > > > __________________________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > > http://mailplus.yahoo.com > > > > > > ......................................... > > Per donar-se de baixa: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_ca.php > > To unsubscribe: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_en.php > > -- AndorraWEB -- http://andorraweb.com > > ......................................... > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > > > > ......................................... > > Per donar-se de baixa: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_ca.php > > To unsubscribe: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_en.php > > -- AndorraWEB -- http://andorraweb.com > > ......................................... > > > > > > ......................................... > Per donar-se de baixa: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_ca.php > To unsubscribe: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_en.php > -- AndorraWEB -- http://andorraweb.com > ......................................... > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now > > ......................................... > Per donar-se de baixa: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_ca.php > To unsubscribe: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_en.php > -- AndorraWEB -- http://andorraweb.com > ......................................... > ........................................ Per donar-se de baixa: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_ca.php To unsubscribe: http://andorraweb.com/aw/caf/index_en.php -- AndorraWEB -- http://andorraweb.com ........................................
