A new arabic member

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Originally Posted by Ben from Vic.

:o I don't mean to scare anyone off.

I was just wondering how a non-woodworking young person from Oman came to find herself on an Aussie bassed (mainly) woodworking forum, thats all. ;)

I must admit I'd never heard of Oman before. :)


Ben.

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No mr //Ben from Vic
u didn't annoy me

don't worry.

it makes me happy :)

don't listen to mr//kiwigeo ;)

noora :)

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Originally Posted by himzol

A'salamu Alaikum Noora,

Welcome to our little online community.

Himzo.

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Wa Alaikum A'Salam Mr // himzol

u r tooooooo polite :)

thank u a lot :)

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Originally Posted by Rocker

Hey I am old, but not really stick in the mud. I was going to ask Noora to do a belly dance for us, but then I thought I would be accused of being a sexist pig, so I refrained.

Rocker

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Mr // Rocker

The arabic women never dance except the dregs women :)
who dance in front of the men in the bars to get money

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Originally Posted by PAH1

Hi

I worked with an Iranian woman a couple of years ago, she taught herself english by watching pirated American satellite TV. Her family was quite progressive despite being from Iran, this is too long a story and too involved to put up here.
I would guess the mixture of odd english with enlgish phrases would come from the satellite broadcasts. Also how many of us as teenagers (I resisted the term "kid") did something to get a reaction. Sending odd emails to a woodworking buletin board populated by (generally) old stick in the mud men, could be seen as a bit of fun. The fact that this has got so many replies in such a short period of time probably indicates that as a strategy it worked.

Anyway congrats Noora on the response and welcome.

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She's Iranian woman not an omani or saudian woman

and she didnt represent all the women in Iran ;)

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I'm not a student in a school .. I'm a student in a university

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It's sommer now .. we don't study during Aug and Sep :)

i invited my friend from bahrain :) I'm going to persuade het to participate ;)

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Originally Posted by noora

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I'm not a student in a school .. I'm a student in a university

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It's sommer now .. we don't study during Aug and Sep :)

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Sounds like you have great universities in Oman....when I was at university I had to study during my holidays.

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Originally Posted by kiwigeo

Sounds like you have great universities in Oman....when I was at university I had to study during my holidays.

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u mr .. not me :)

why do u talk to me like that mr kiwigeo??

what did i do to u ?? :(

i respect u and i hope u tp respect me plz :(

Can I ???

Noora,

There are huge cultural differences between what is socially acceptable in our societies. I was quite surprised to hear that dancing iregarded as immoral for arabic ladies.

I went to a friend's 65th birthday party a few months ago. My friend, who is Scottish, played the bagpipes, and his wife, who is a few years younger than he is, danced. We all admired her energy and fitness, but we did not consider her immoral :)

You need to take these cultural differences into account when you read our posts on this forum. For instance, you seem to have taken offence at something Kiwigeo said, about his having to study at his university during the vacations. But I can assure you that, in our eyes, he did not say anything offensive. Remember also that much of what is said here is said as a joke, and is not intended to be taken seriously. If you see something that seems to you to be offensive, it was probably not intended to be so.

Rocker

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i respect u and i hope u tp respect me plz :(

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Thats courtesy, not respect. Common courtesy is paid to someone you dont know. You can't repsect someone until they've earned that respect.

Hi Noora,

From one female to another...

How did you come across this site? Did you type something into a search engine?

I must say I am impressed by a non english speaking friend to be able to type it fluently. How do you manage? Well done!:)

Regards,
Gemi

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Originally Posted by gemi_babe

Hi Noora,

From one female to another...

How did you come across this site? Did you type something into a search engine?

I must say I am impressed by a non english speaking friend to be able to type it fluently. How do you manage? Well done!:)

Regards,
Gemi

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Hi Gemi,

If you read all the posts, you'll find Noora has answered that question.
She typed in 'Autralian Forums' in Google, scrolled past 3 pages of entries, got to the bottom of page 4 and found us..............hmmmm

cya,
Sceptical Gumby

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Is that you, Kenmil?

:D :D :D

Hi Noora,
First, congratulations on entering the forum and contributing, rather than playing games.
Most of us are living in (but not necessarily born in) Australia, and there is a wide range of social customs and acceptable behaviour, especially on the internet. If something offends you, please accept that it is almost certainly not meant to be offensive - the moderators will jump on that pretty quickly. Try to learn from what you find unusual, and hopefully we will also.
I guess that by comparison with many cultures, we are brash and tactless. On the other hand, we sometimes find them indirect to the point of seeming to want to hide something. (This is not directed to your culture, just some I have come into contact with.)
Keep contributing to this forum, take up woodwork if you can, and hopefully we will learn something from each other.

Incidentally, what did kenmil do to get banned? Somehow, he and Noora seem to have rather different personalities :D

Rocker