tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5232599512907232718.post514340596200653303..comments2023-08-14T23:29:33.586+04:00Comments on Meanwhile, back in The Sandpit...: Expats need to integrate more with local culture - officialMeanwhile...http://www.blogger.com/profile/15898807351781047288noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5232599512907232718.post-11685717866993452352009-05-04T16:37:00.000+04:002009-05-04T16:37:00.000+04:00Hi. I fully agree with your comment.
My daughter...Hi. I fully agree with your comment. <br /><br />My daughter works as an architect in Abu Dhabi. We are all multilingual in our family, Arabic being one of many languages we speak. When I visted her four years into her expat life, she was speaking fluent Pushtun, the reason being that all the taxi drivers are Afghans. I stayed there for two weeks, and did not met a single local at the municipality when I accompanied her for some paperwork. Otherwise, the Emirates Airlines staff was all Indian, even at the Airport, the stewardesses were Japanese and Russian, and all my daughter's collegues were Arabs from outside the country: Iraqi, Syrian, Palestinian, what not, each with their own unique dialect. Evenings were spent at Starbucks or an Ethiopian Nightclub.Linguanerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06548284642002025797noreply@blogger.com