My sister was out of town a while ago so I had to baby sit Yasmin a 4 year old and Faris a 2 year old, and as their nice and of course COOL auntie Hindo I had to take them on outings and spend some fun quality time with them!!!!
NEVER MIND........... during that month when my sister was out of town Yasmin had a birthday invitation!!! YAAAAYYYYYYY she was so happy.......
YASMIN: "please Hindo take me I will be very nice I promise ou baw3idek ino ba7ki bil3arabi 3ashan inti you dont understand English for 3 days in a row!!!!"
ME: "ok thats a deal missy ou ana baw3idek ino i'll start learning English..."
I really hate how kids these days tend to speak only in English and a year or so after they end up with a crappy Arabic language command!!!!!
a week after this conversation its the birthdayyy!!! well I we went and of course I have to stay with her, sitting with kids moms (the GOLDEN LADIES a name i gave them) that speak only English, talk about shoes, fashion, etiquette and all this crap that does not interest me even if I was paid to be interested in!!!
ANY WAAYYYYY, one of the girls came to her MOMMY and was like "Mommy, that little boy over there is not sharing the slide with every one, its annoying." the MOMMY said: "even though my daughter is 4 she has perfect English, Arabic si3eb 3aleiha hala2 7aramm..."
I was so pissed but that was all at the same time when Yasmin came in.......drum roll......I was thinking of please ARABIC ARABIC YASMINE I7KI 3ARAAABIII..............."khalto Hindo, fee majal teeeji takhdeeni arooo7 a3mal rasem 3al wijeh ya3ni face painting ou t2ooli lal painter bidi farasheh ya3ni butter fly??" I was like YIS3ED RABBBBEKK, so I turned to the MOMMY and told her: " wow thats so great, same here even though Yasmin is 4 she has perfect Arabic she's not allowed to use English with me because Arabic better, English is too easy for her and thats 7aram."
gosh I wanted to kick that lady so hard, laykoon il wa7ad ili bi7ki 3arabi kundara!!!
Hind Vs. the Golden Ladies- MOMMY
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3 comments:
good for you and your niece. those "golden ladies" forgot already their past. if I were you, I would have said: يرحم جدّك كان يلبس كل فردة شكل
or
يرحم جدّك مات و نفسه بالهريسة
I am totally with you. I can't stand those pretentious people who only want to speak English with you. Just implying the notion that using Arabic (your own language) is a sign of low class aggravates me.
A few months back, i was in a mall in Amman. A lady was pushing her baby daughter in a stroller and that baby was holding a white doll and making noises. The mom then leans over and says: "Mama hada WHITE mama ... WHITE" ... يعني لولا الحياء كان سمعتها أكمن كلمة فلسفة :-) .. مش معقول يعني
(I understand the irony that i wrote my comment in English, but that was just to keep up with the dialog of the post article)
good one!
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