Frackin' Friday - Guest Post: Dafeenah

Happy happy Friday! 

I am so happy to bring you another guest post for Frackin' Friday! The submissions that I have received have been hilarious! And today is no different. 

If you have a fun foreign cuss word (or a funny and obscure English one) to share and want to be FEATURED on an upcoming Frackin' Friday,  shoot me an email at: 

TexaGermaNadian (at) gmail (dot) com.

Take is away, Dafeenah!

I love learning new languages. One of the first tips I figured out on my own was that it is important WHO you learn the language from. Some people like my (ex) bro in law are assholes pranksters and they like to teach you inappropriate things to say. Which is exactly what happened to my (ex) sis in law. 

She and I are American. I met her after I married my (now ex) husband who is an Arab. She was married to his older brother. They lived out of state, far from us.

On Thanksgiving, my ex and I went to visit them. She and I were in the kitchen cooking when my (now ex) husband, her husband, and a few friends walked in. One of whom was a clergy man. 

I said the correct traditional Arabic greeting "Assalamu alaikum". She on the other hand said, "In-chubby. Kiss oom-ick". I almost choked on my own spit as soon as I realized what she was saying. The guys started laughing and making fun of her. But the shocked look on my face let them know I knew exactly what she had said.

They quickly left the room. I asked her who taught her and what did she think it meant. She said her husband had taught her it meant "Hello. How are you/nice to meet you". That is when I told her what it really meant.

"In-chubby. Kiss oom-ick"
"Shut up and go f*** your mother".

Needless to say she no longer repeated any of the Arabic words her husband taught her without first checking with me. 

So boys and girls let this be a lesson to you. It might be fun learning a new language. Just be the person teaching you isn't an ibnul kelb (son of a bitch). 

That's today lesson in how to learn a new language.

Thanks Lindsey for having me here.  If you'd like to hear more of my stories about living overseas, then visit my blog Dafeenah on Thursdays for my "Across the Pond" series where I share my experiences of being an American living overseas. 

Haha, I love the way she spelled out how to say this! Too funny, Dafeenah! Love it. 

And yeah, don't think I would want any of those guys to be my Arabic teacher! Yikes!

And thanks for the awesome Frackin' Friday feature! I never knew I would know Arabic, little less how to say something so, hmmm, charming, lol. 

Hope ya'll are having a great one, bloggyland!

And try not to get in trouble with this one ;)