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2004-02-15 Iraq-Jordan

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Posted by Dan Darling 2004-02-15 12:55:26 AM|| || Front Page|| [2 views since 2007-05-07] Top

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Urdu? Farsi? Kurdish?

I vote for Kurdish. Iraqis are familiar enough with Urdu and Farsi to recognize the language.

We English-speakers recognize French and Spanish but would call Basque "gibberish."

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-2-15 1:04:22 AM|| 2004-2-15 1:04:22 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 A Finnish-American friend told me that when his parents and older brother first arrived in the US and enrolled the five year old in school, the teacher did not recognize Finnish as a language and placed the kid in Special Ed because she thought he was retarded!!!

Posted by JDB 2004-2-15 12:46:03 PM|| 2004-2-15 12:46:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 Sorry Falujah, it's time to pull out the Barbed Wire.

Posted by Daniel King 2004-2-15 4:52:51 PM|| 2004-2-15 4:52:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 I meant to say Chechen. I would think that Iraqis would easily recognize Kurdish.

Posted by Mike Sylwester 2004-2-15 5:01:30 PM|| 2004-2-15 5:01:30 PM|| Front Page Top

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