Monday, June 15, 2009

Knowing Languages

So, how does a group of Syrian protest leaders create the most impact with their signs by having the standard "Death To Americans"(etc.) slogans printed in English?

Answer:
They simply hire an English-speaking civilian to translate and write their statements into English.

Unfortunately, in this case, they were unaware that the "civilian" insurance company employee hired for the job was a retired US Army Sergeant! Obviously, pictures of this protest rally never made their way to Arab TV networks, but the results were PRICELESS!

This picture is not doctored.


Most Syrians struggle to even read Arabic, much less have a clue about readingEnglish.


Lack of knowledge of any language has always been the subject of humour, throughout the ages. It, on many occasions, leads to anger and fights. The Bible tells us the story of the Tower of Bable when men became so arrogant and corrupt that they stopped believing in God.
They thought of reaching Heaven by building a tower which would reach up to heaven. The bible says that as the reached up, he made their languages different. They could not understand each other and started fighting and killed themselves.
It is always good to learn as many languages as possible.
Doctors say, the more languages you learn, the greater your brain develops.

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