Arabic-L:LING:Foreigner Talk

[Dilworth B. Parkinson]

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1) Subject: Foreigner Talk

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Date: 09 Feb 2001
From: Waheed Samy <wasamy at umich.edu>
Subject: Foreigner Talk

One other thing to note is that Egyptian males talking to Egyptian
females address them in the masculine:  "9ala feen ya gamiil inta
bass".  This is traditional, and is seen in song, and in poetry.

Waheed

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