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A phrase for any occasion
But now that troops in many regions of Iraq are focused on nation-building more than war-fighting, they are picking up the essentials of Iraqi Arabic.
Here, a partial list of the vocabulary set of an American in Iraq:
- wasta — connection (used in the context of government favors)
- mako mooshkila — no problem
- shlonek? — how are you?
- zein — good
- moo zein — not good
- shway zein — sort of good
- al-hamdoolilah — thank God
- qadaha — cigarette lighter
And, written on a dry-erase board in a Marine tactical operations center: boos teezee — kiss my ass.
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By Concerned Citizen in Florida
February 23, 2008 6:10 PM | Link to this
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By john Kelso
February 23, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this
A redneck friend of mine who worked as a roughneck in Libya said there were only two words over there, and one of them was cigarette. Can’t remember what the other one was.
By john Kelso
February 23, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this
A redneck friend of mine who worked as a roughneck in Libya said there were only two words over there, and one of them was cigarette. Can’t remember what the other one was.
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