Menu from restaurant in Damascus Airport
Someone sent me an email with scans from the menu of a restaurant at the Damascus Airport. As expected there are a lot of spelling mistakes.
Aug 10, 2006
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well..it’s hard not to hate them:P
Nancy, who wouldnt after putting lebanon in the situation they are in.. so please dont go all anal for pointing out spelling mistakes on a menu..
What’s Sowbreem?
After the harrasment they gave to Kuwaitis on the border, now everyone hates them. And yeah they could have used spellcheck atleast!! The have word processors don’t they? Anyways yo find alot of this in Kuwait too…head to diwan jibla near sheraton…..Korkee Cofee…Turkish Coffee
every country has it’s own stereotypiing and generalization. Syrians make fun of Lebanese and Lebanese make fun of Syrians. It’s the samething in the US with the Mexicans and African Americans.
This happens everywhere, I mean, why don’t you email Jay Leno and ask him to stop his jokes that are aimed against Mexicans?
suck my chicken bolls damascus airport
Nancy: Because that would just be sad.
What does > don’t go all anal
OMG they have this sow breem. this sow is female pig, like this pork, laham khanzeer!!!!!
they also have other mistakes like the spellings of cappuccino and fajitas and i love how they spelled steak incorrectly and then right under it they have the correct spelling. it’s like these ppl are fucking sandnigger aliens or some shit. they are so fucked they just have no idea.
also BTW nancy i also can be as anal as i want, STFU and fuck syria. it’s a terrorist shithole.
They don’t know anything about English in Syria LOOOL .. I was in lebanon 3 weeks ago and when we had to come back to q8 we came throught Syria .. and I saw some english words that were spelled wrongly on some advertisements !! AND GUESS WHAT … SYRIAN PPL DROVE ME CRAZY .. THEY TREATED US LIKE SHIT!! special thanks to bashar al asad .. the big dumbass :D
all this spite in your heart to syria and syrian … why
Why the hell do u have to turn everything to today’s political issues?? It’s just a friggin’ menu. And if no one wants to say it, i will: Fuck syrians.
C’mon guys, they can’t write proper english, otherwise, they won’t understand it.
Give them a chance, from a cultural brispektive they are stuck in the 1940s.
nancy open your anal for all us guys for some…..lessons
if i understand it, i don’t care for the spelling
Ok Hindi that was waaaay outta hand, who the hell do u think u r to criticise kuwaitis and lebanese? Im kuwaiti and im proud to say that I am very educated so dont generalise and act like u and ur people are perfect, im not going to go down the road of insults, i wont scoop to that level.The whole topic posted here was never meant to be taken seriously, bringing other nationalities into this is just rediculous n i honestly think if any1 insults Kuwait (or any other country for that matter) then their opinion should NOT be posted!
Yasmine Abu Khazneh: wow. Some people (You) need to get a sense of humor, Fadibou wrote perspective like that on purpose, because it’s supposed to be FUNNY. I mean, I’ve been to Jordan and I can see why you might not have a sense of humor, you don’t need to take out all your frustration and anger out on us, if you don’t like what you’re seeing you don’t have to comment. I mean, Wooo, you’re from Jordan, wow. Okay? Should I clap for you or something? Let’s clap for the Jordanian who knows how to spell! *Throws confetti*
I’m from Lebanon, so what? Who cares. I make fun of the Lebanese who speak funny English, the Kuwaiti’s also make fun of their own and I know Syrians who make fun of Syria. Point is… Get a fucking sense of humor girl. No one’s prefect.
I mean Perfect, don’t get angry now. My bad.
LOL someone pretending to be a hindi that loves syria. now i’ve seen everything LOL.
what next? a paki that loves egggypt?
I agree with patrick, the whole problem started because ppl were taking the topic waaaay to seriously, laugh about it who cares. I have to say that i enjoy the posts mark and nat write, unfortunatly the comments some ppl make always go back to politics, some people need to relax! Life’s too short to get uptight about the slightest things, some may say i was in my last comment but i wasnt i mean yeah some q80s speak shit english n i speak shit arabic but hey..doesnt bother me!
I want a chocolamo.
Yasmine Abu zegga: I am kuwaiti and i can speak better English than you. Sorry but that’s just the way it is.
Fuck Jordan too BTW, it’s like a Syria without balls.
fuck u all, this is y arabs r weak, they will never unite and will always argue with each other about stupid shit, and let americans and zionist rule us.
Dear Patrick,
I fail to see whats fun in this. How is this funny:
“nancy open your anal for all us guys for some…..lessons”
The comments in here are not ‘funny’.
we are not sandniggers, we are above that. Thank you hanman for that point. And Nancy a.k.a. Yasim Father of Shit (something like that) is the same person and more geared towards a guy…a guy who is a FAG. Yes. Now stfu you sandniggers and shove your sand up your ass. ALL RIIIIIGHT
WTF ???!!!! Listen people FUCK this Arab lets unite shit ok…We can’t turn the clock 1000 years back! i don’t see other nations thinking of themselves as one. We share a language and a distant history. VERY distant. You want the facts? so lets lay it out? All of the arabs nations are seriously fucked!! Kuwaitis don’t wanna work, they get their 200KD BRIBE and shut the fuck up. Syrians fuck up Lebanon and every foreigner that passes through its soil. Egyptians rip you off and pretend nothing happened. Lebanese keep the country drowning in debts while focusing on fashion. Yeah thats stereotypes for you ignorant fucks that pretend to know it all. Keep fighting, maybe that will land you on the moon someday.
There’s too much hostility. People are just not adding the correct dosage of Vaseline to their diets.
You Arabs are so funny. You think you are special. You think that your spelling mistakes are special.
You stereotype Syrians because of spelling errors in one menu. You fight and quarrel because of spelling mitakes.
You can find those mistakes everywhere – in Tel Aviv, Al Quds, Budapest and even in New York.
Well, take a hint from the Japanese
http://engrish.com/
Stop fighting.
Make peace with yourselves and with us, Israelis.
thanks for the inspirational words Ms. cohen, but there will never be peace in the middle east. the ppl here thrive on conflict, it’s what keeps them feeling alive and gives their petty lives purpouse. you more than anyone should know since jews are a struggling people.
there never was peace, and there never will be. learn to live with it or move away if if you value your sanity.
chillll winstaannn its only spelling mistakes maan
What the hell happened here? I didn’t even say anything anti-Syria in my post like I would usually do. Some people seriously need to get a sense of humor!
Nancy is bringing sexy back.
hahahaha! Holla you made me laugh my ass off! Your comments are just made me laugh like crazy! hahaha!
uff 7ada!
It does seem strange that your blog worries more about menu mistakes at Damascus airport instead of the plight of the Lebanese people!
Don’t you think there should be a flag on your front page about helping Lebanon and the Lebanese people?
if you want lebanese politics you can check my other blog ouwet.com dedicated to lebanese politics.
And Ohhhh. I forgot.
Don’t ya just luv it when someone points to spelling mistakes and can’t seem to write proper grammar.
Your title should read:
MENU FROM A RESTAURANT AT DAMASCUS AIRPORT
and not as you wrote:
MENU FROM RESTAURANT IN DAMASCUS AIRPORT.
if i pointed to grammer mistakes then your comment would make sense but since i pointed to stupid spelling mistakes then it doesn’t.
Typical reaction to deflect guilt.
I just luv it. So it is ok to criticize other people spelling while making your own grammar mistakes!!!
can’t ya see it bro.
yes it is because i am not a restaurant at an international airport. can’t ya see it bro? wanna have a beer and chill at my place bro?
hehehe bro. wtf isn’t Arroussa like 3rroussa like a fucking bride? mark you seem to have another angry sandnigger tranny on your hands bro.
i think arrousa also means sandwich.
I think everyone took this too serious and starting calling each other names.
Appart from Syrians, everyone else can say whatever they want, so as mark, patrick, and pearl said: chillout and enjoy the blog.
And let the Syrians keep those translations coming.
I need to order a flubbasheeno.
Sunrise, sunrise
Looks like mornin’ in your eyes
But the clocks held 9:15 for hours
Sunrise, sunrise
Couldn’t tempt us if it tried
‘Cause the afternoon’s already come and gone
And I said hoo…
To you
wow. Seriously. What’s happening? lol. Everything is turning political.
…
I still find this funny.
Im just laughing my ass off! holla you make a good point 3aroosa means bride if im not mistaken.. hehehe..
its a joke which nobody seems able to take.. loosen up people, why you walkin around like you got a cucumber shoved up your ass?
lol mark wtf sandwich? like 3rrossa like 3arayess? mmm i wouldn’t mind having some nice mais al ghanim 3arayess right now.
me no speak Engrish, so puck what?!
this is fuckin hilarious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hi-la-rious!!!
I thought it was fun blog…whteva happened to it?…take a chill guyz..
I once went out with this syrian guy and he dumped me. since then i dont like syrians :(
It’s because you didn’t give him Vaseline.
i dont like vaseline too much, i like the old fashioned way
man all we guys need to stay in one house, and invite nancy over for a beer and chill, sis, or VIMTO AS BEER IS 7ARAM ALLAHU AKHBAR!
hahahaha talisman! damn! RJV you got the solution for him, but he and his boyfriend havent seen the light!
You’re not using Vaseline??? You’re using Nivea aren’t you??? Use Vaseline, you don’t know what you’re missing. Petroleum jelly.
ALL YASMIN FATHER OF SHIT AND NANCYS POSTS ARE DELETED!
/shoot [Head]Mark
hmmm where did nancys posts go? didnt know readers could delete their comments..
Wow! All this over a menu with mistakes!! What have I missed!
You have to upgrade to wordpress 2.0.5 .. so people can’t delete their own comments.
I didn’t delete my comment.
Mark, i suggest you keep on posting spelling mistakes. It’s funny to read them and listen to people who fight over it. You people r stupid.
hmm anyway we can get back nancy’s posts from backup??? i really woiuld like to know what nancy said to invite anal lessons….
Hi Mocmac, Nancy didn’t say anything except that the canteen and cafeteria owners that wrote these menus are poor people, with no English education, that are just trying to make a living. The attacks from the people in here then followed. I said that these mistakes occur all around the Middle East and not just Syria, but my post was deleted. I really don’t understand why.
Patrick, you think it’s sad to send Jay Leno an email, but on the other hand, you don’t think it’s sad to scan a four paged menu just to get it on your blog and have people make fun of poor hardworking people? I guess ‘sad’ is relative.
In here, I posted my opinion, under my full name, I think people should respect that, and refrain from swearing. Especially since what I said, does not insult anybody. I will not be posting here again, but I do ask for some respect as I thought this was a cultured, open minded blog.
This is what Nancy originally said:
Dear Mark,
These mistakes occur in Arab countries all over the Middle East, Mostly because the owners of these cafeterias and canteens could not afford an English education, but at the same time, they want foreigners to be able to read a menu that isn’t only written in Arabic, most of these people are self taught. Dating back to when Nat left Lebanon through Syria, it’s evident that you hate Syrians, and have insulted Syria several times. I could point out specifically what you and Nat said if you are interested.
Yasmine its not sad to post a menu from a restaurant full of spelling mistakes. But it is sad that you find a menu full of spelling mistakes offensive.
Mark, listen, I’m not even Syrian, but the comments following were too full of hate, I felt like I had to say something. I do not think scanning menus is sad, I think the intolerant comments were sad. I get fwds like this menu in my inbox all the time; it was never a big deal. That’s all I have to say about that.