Friday, 12 November 2010

Let them eat cake!

Our Arabic may be basic and people often laugh at our attempts - "Would you like to drink some cake?" - but it is also amusing when locals use their English with us. People always ask us where we are from, and then why we are here - which is always a good opening. England seems to revolve around Manchester United: "Where are you from?" "England." "Which England, London or Manchester United?" I have also started to help with English Administration at the Bible College, part of this has been amending translations from Arabic into English. A translated student profile read: 'I want a teaching postion, if I did I would be in love with it.' P

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