From cs.uoregon.edu!mips!apple!usc!samsung!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!kaldis Mon Aug 27 19:25:11 PDT 1990 Article 63141 of talk.politics.misc: Path: cs.uoregon.edu!mips!apple!usc!samsung!uunet!seismo!dimacs.rutgers.edu!aramis.rutgers.edu!remus.rutgers.edu!kaldis >From: kaldis@remus.rutgers.edu (Theodore A. Kaldis) Newsgroups: talk.politics.misc Subject: Useful Arabic Phrases Message-ID: Date: 27 Aug 90 19:46:08 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 46 I got this from a FAX that came in from Kingman, Arizona: USEFUL PHRASES TO KNOW WHEN TRAVELING IN MUSLIM AREAS AKBAR KHALI-KILI HAFTIR LOFTAN. Thank you for showing me your marvelous gun. FEKR GABUL GARDAN DAVAT PAEH GUSH DIVAR. I am delighted to accept your kind invitation to lie down on the floor with my arms above my head and my legs apart. SHOMAEH FEKR TAMOMEH OEH GOFTEH BANDE. I agree with everything you have ever said or thought in your life. AUTO ARRAREGH DAVATEMAN MANO SEPAHEH-HAST. It is exceptionally kind of you to allow me to travel in the trunk of your car. FASHAL-EH TUPEHMAN NA DEGAT MANO GOFTAM CHEESHAYEH MOHEMARA JEBEHKESHVAREHMAN. If you will do me the kindness of not harming my genital appendages I will gladly reciprocate by betraying my country in public. KHREL, JEPAHEH MANEH VA JAYEII AMRIKAHEY. I will tell you the names and addresses of many American spies traveling as reporters. BALLI, BALLI, BALLI! Whatever you say! MATERNIER GHERMEZ AHLIEH, GHORBAN. The red blindfold would be lovely, excellency. TIKEH NUNEH BA OB KHRELLEH BEZORG VA KHRUBE BOYAST INO BEGERAM. The water-soaked bread crumbs are delicious, thank you. I must have the recipe. -- Theodore A. Kaldis | "Perhaps we may +-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- | frighten away email: kaldis@remus.rutgers.edu | the ghost of so UUCP: {...}!rutgers!remus.rutgers.edu!kaldis | many years ago U.S. Snail: P.O. Box #1212, Woodbridge, NJ 07095 | with a little ex-Ma Bell: (908) 283-4855 (voice) | illumination . . ."