Unexpected compliments

[wicked_danu]

Yesterday, I was at the Dubai Center for Special Needs for the summer camp. Some of us were supposed to go swimming somewhere else, but for a long time before that, we just stayed the Center and played dodgeball.
Not the dodgeball like in the movie Dodgeball, instead we formed a circle and pushed a few people into the center and tried to hit them

Comments

[omer]

I'm a bit confused, how come kids in Dubai speak hindi? isnt Arabic the language there? sorry if I come off ignorant, but educate me!!! :)

[wicked_danu]

Arabic is definitely the official language of the state, you're right. But Dubai [and the country, the United Arab Emirates itself] is a place for migrant workers. You'll find all the nationalities in this place [except Israeli, sadly] - Indians, Pakistanis, Filipinos, American, British, Germans, Russians, Syrians, Lebanese, Palestinians, South African.. you can imagine.
The (Arab) citizens of the country - who are called Emaratis or Emiratis, by the way - make up just about 20% of the population of the country. The remaining 80% belong to the nationalities mentioned above and are called 'expatriates' and are not treated as citizens.

There are more expatriates here from India than from any other country and their children, of course, speak Hindi or Urdu or Bengali or Gujurati or Malayalam or whatever the parents themselves speak.

Here's an embarrassing confession: I can speak Hebrew - a language I wasn't formally taught - better than I can speak the official language of the country that I've lived in for 13 years. ?מוזר

[omer]

thats cool, how did you learn it?
and what is your family doing there? expatriates?

[adidi]

"expatriates"? psssssh, youre gettin fancy :)

[adidi]

hottttiiiieee

[wicked_danu]

Thankies!

[ex_depraviti537]

Thats sweet!
By the way, the Emirati population is getting smaller and smaller. Even less than 20%. Soon, we'll be considered the expats... :S

Oh, and once I whispered 'gaandu' to myself in the car, my mom whipped around(WHILE DRIVING) and said 'HEY!You can't say that word!!Its RUDE!'

So thank you for teaching me. Cuz guess who is gonna use that word all the time now! I hope you continue teaching me all the bad words *grin*

[wicked_danu]

So don't let it get smaller! We're relying on YOU, darling, to pump up that number to 25% even 30%!

LOL, your mum has sharp ears and you've got a potty mouth :D Keep it dirty. I'll be your professor in Obscenities 101.

[ex_depraviti537]

Shit, 30%? How many babies am I supposed to pump out?!
Besides, my ladyparts will be all ugly and nasty and I kinda need them..

[wicked_danu]

What other purpose for your lady parts? Weight-lifting?