needhelp Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > adehbone Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > Iran, Iraq, Emirates etc all like to be called > > Middle East as well, not Asia. In general > Middle > > eastern people like to be called middle eastern > > actually. > > i thought they’d wanna be called arabs, no? > > anyway, its funny that in US forms for employment > etc. there are very limited options to identify > yourself. > > for example, arabs from ME - should they check the > Asian box? > indians, are they asians for the purposes of these > forms? I thought Indians were Asians for all purposes… What else they would be If not Asians…
JOE2010 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Muddahudda Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > JOE2010 Wrote: > > > -------------------------------------------------- > > > ----- > > > Ouagadougou is the Capital of Burkina Faso. I > > have > > > been there. > > > > I salute you. Do the locals pronounce it as one > > would expect? Oo waga doo goo. What’s it like? > Why > > were you there? It seems quite random - being > > nowhere near a coast line and all. > > > My parents were diplomats and spend a stint in > West Africa when I was in Grade 5 and 6. It is a > very rich country in minerals. the pronounciation > by locals is “localised” - but westerners have > issues. Diplomat is probably the best government job you can get. You get to travel the world, you’re treated like royalties in 3rd world countries, your kids get to go to the best private schools in any country you work in (all courtesy of tax-payers off-course), they learn foreign languages just by being there, … etc. If I become a US citizen one day I’ll try to become a diplomat 