Exotic Locales, Family, Humor and Iowa
27 Apr 2012 Leave a comment
in Island Tales - Expatriate Living, Stories from Far Away Lands - Travel Tags: Bahrain, culture, Dubai, etiquette, funny signs, tourists, travel
As I chewed my Paul’s sandwich in the Mall of the Emirates, I watched a Chinese woman surrounded by a crowd of people blow her nose onto the marble floor. I thought of this sign and wondered whether management should put up a “USE A TISSUE” sign.
In fourteen languages it might work.
21 Feb 2012 2 Comments
in Note to Self - Lessons Tags: Bahrain, cultural differences, culture, donkeys, english equivalent, give an inch, Nissan Truck, photo, proverbs, sayings
نتركه في وأحضر حماره أيضا.
Give him an inch and he’ll take a mile.
from Apricots Tomorrow
A collection of Arabic sayings and their English equivalent. Compiled by Primrose Arnander and Ashkhain Skipwith
It is interesting how wisdom is the same. But how we express it is based upon our experience and our culture.
Tales of Dragons, Rabbits and Roosters 