So I start my volunteering tomorrow at the Jesuit Refugee Center and the Chaldean Patriarchate, so I thought I'd take a break from lesson-planning and pass along a few "English" tidbits.
On menu at cafe: "drink flavor herpes" (they meant herbs)
Advertisement for English class: "can you speak English?"
"Yes, I am!"
And all over town, there are a bunch of "hair saloons.". That's my favorite.
Inshallah, I can make a difference. First lesson: herbs is spelled with a b.
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You don't know how happy this post made me!
ReplyDeleteI am so glad you've seen the saloons as well... I thought I was crazy at first when I saw them. But I have enjoyed my daydreams of women getting perms and having old western style shoot outs. Glad to hear your project is going so well already : )