What a funny Experience
@teotimoponcerosacena (1552)
Philippines
March 23, 2013 9:16pm CST
My friend name Ana invited me for a vacation in ABU DHABI. We are chatting to each other when we heard a lady shouted back to the EMCEE in the program held not far from our placed, she said as I quote. ANA..., ANA.., ANA.....ANA and my friend said don't bother them , so I answered, but why ? she was calling your name. and suddenly the teenager in front of that crowd shouted back as if she was emphasizing something. La.. LA..LA..LA. So I said to myself as a quick analysis of the situation, .. ANA was the name of the lady who is shouting LA..LA..LA..LA.. and the one shouting ANA..ANA..ANA..was the grandmother. of ANA. and I then explained it to my friend ANA, who after hearing my analysis was laughing to the bones with tears almost coming out from her eyes. Later on I learn that ANA..ANA..ANA.. means, ME..ME..ME..ME in English and LA..LA..LA..LA.. means No in English. Oh!! What a Shame on Me.
3 responses
@jenny1015 (13366)
• Philippines
24 Mar 13
Hahahah!!!!You need to learn some basic Arabic language! But well, I am sure I would have had the same reaction if it was the firs time I was in an Arab country.
Shokran (Arabic for Thank you) for sharing this funny experience!
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@teotimoponcerosacena (1552)
• Philippines
24 Mar 13
Yeah it is very funny until to date as if I have seen myself being the laughing stock of my friend.
@roshigo58 (4859)
• Pune, India
24 Mar 13
Hi,
Really it's a funny experience. I also learned some new words from you. it is very laughing experience. Such funny experiences make us smile in our life. Thank you for sharing and make me laughing.
@teotimoponcerosacena (1552)
• Philippines
24 Mar 13
Yeah it was not intentional but I become an instant laughing stock. That's the problem of language's barriers.
@extremefun4fun (2908)
• India
24 Mar 13
well, it is common for that kind of mistakes in foreign countries. in the starting of coming to India I did many mistake like that, I still make that kind of mistake, I mean I talk the way that a male talk in hindi I am always confused in that sentence. I even, called a man, sister in law, except brother in law in that language.
