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| William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6273 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes  Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French | Message 25 of 27 29 January 2009 at 8:39am | IP Logged |
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It is mentioned in the "Teach Yourself" series book on the Middle East. I forget the author's name.
I find the story plausible, since the Falangists were known to kill Palestinians, but were handicapped by the fact that Palestinians don't look very different from Lebanese and are also Arabic speakers. There have been numerous times in history when shibboleths have been used to distinguish ethnic groups. Edited by William Camden on 29 January 2009 at 8:47am 1 person has voted this message useful | |
| ANK47 Triglot Senior Member United States thearabicstudent.blo Joined 7098 days ago 188 posts - 259 votes Speaks: English*, Arabic (Written), Arabic (classical) | Message 26 of 27 10 February 2009 at 7:41pm | IP Logged |
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I've heard that story about the way Lebanese and Palestinians say tomato too. One of my teachers who was Lebanese told us about it. It's definitely plausible.
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| Jinx Triglot Senior Member Germany reverbnation.co Joined 5694 days ago 1085 posts - 1879 votes Speaks: English*, German, French Studies: Catalan, Dutch, Esperanto, Croatian, Serbian, Norwegian, Mandarin, Italian, Spanish, Yiddish | Message 27 of 27 31 October 2010 at 3:18am | IP Logged |
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Wow, I didn't know that story. Now whenever I have a small difference with someone, maybe I'll just shrug expressively and say "You say bandura, I say banadura..."
..except considering the historical implications, maybe I actually won't. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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