Handy Arabic Phrases

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[WhiteKnuckles]

A friend sent me these. I have no idea if they're valid, but if they are, we may all be needing them soon:

A few handy Arabic phrases translated to English -- in case you're ever kidnapped by terrorists.

AKBAR KHALI-KILI HAFTIR LOFTAN.= Thank you for showing me your marvelous gun.

FEKR GABUL CARDAN DAVAT RAEH GUSH DIVAR.= I am delighted to accept your kind invitation to lie down on the floor with my arms above my head and my legs apart.

SHOMAEH FIKR TAMOMEH GEH GOFTEK BANDE.= I agree with everything you have ever said or thought in your life.

AUTO ARRAREGH DVATEMAN MAMO SEPAHEH-HAST.= It is exceptionally kind of you to allow me to travel in the trunk of your car.

FASHAL-EH TUPEHMAN NA DEGAT MANO GOFTAM CHEESHAYEH MOHEMA RAJEBEH KESHAVAREHMAN.= If you will do me the kindness of not harming my genital appendages I will gladly reciprocate by betraying my country in public.

KHREL JEPAHEH MANEH VA JAYEII AMRKAHEY.= I will tell you the names and addresses of many American spies travelling as reporters.

BALLI, BALLI, BALLI!= Whatever you say!

MATERNIER GHERMEZ AHLIEH, GORBAN.= The red blindfold would be lovely, excellency.

TIKEH NUNEH BA OB KHRELEH BEZORG VA KHRUBE GOYAST INO BERGERAM.= The water-soaked bread crumbs are delicious, thank you. I must have the recipe.

BA BODENEH SHEERELL TEEGZ.= Truly, I would rather be a hostage to your greatly esteemed self than to spend a fortnight upon the person of Cheryl Tiegs.

[WhiteKnuckles]

I hope I did this right! This is from Megan McArdle's site Live From the WTC

[dennisw]

bttt

[Nitro]

Handy phrases would include "I give up" & "I am sooo sorry!!"

[Vidalia]

Good fun, but if you did not get your new Islamic name from the aforementioned pulled/dead website (it now declares ..."Organizational policies prohibit access to this page."...), then those of us who do not have those names must be doomed. I still have a bomb shelter, but...

[dighton]

Good stuff. I saw it years ago, probably in National Review or The American Spectator, but can't remember the author.

[DonPaulJones]

How would you say "Go f#%k yourself, loser" or "Welcome to the last day of your life"???

Hey, wait, I know! According to our liberal friends, all we have to do is to lie down and expose our neck to our enemies, then we can all be best-buds!!! Horray for best-buds!!!! (God, why did you have to make so many idiots?)

[Centurion2000]

I prefer my own sentence that I picked up in the Gulf.

KHEF ! JUNDIL AMRIKI INTA SAJOON !! - Halt, I am an American soldier, you are now my prisoner.

[Libertina]

Ali Akbar Chewlobeh: Ali is great and has a worthy Muslim name, please don't bite my ear. :)

[IronJack]

ISLAMMAH MACHT FREI - Islam is a peaceful religion.
BURNOOSI NEY KHANON - It's a burnoose [headpiece], not a towel.
K'AMHEL YA FRAUEN? - Does your camel have any [single] sisters?
INI M'TENTA UND KHILLIN BEGINNIN - Let's meet at my place and go slaughter somebody.
ABDUL DAFIIR THUN FROOTBAT - Abdul ain't the ripest date at the oasis

[Visalia]

Bandar mek alya bon grahemk.

You are pig eating dog.

[WhiteKnuckles]

Now what are the odds of having Vid and Vis on the same thread?

Coincidence? I think not :)

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

BALLI, BALLI, BALLI!...

This one reminds me of the bin Laden caricature on South Park.

[Non-Sequitur]

What's Arabic for 'kaboom'?

[Tolerance Sucks Rocks]

(God, why did you have to make so many idiots?)

Punishment for the rest of us being "fallen" as well?

[Vidalia]

Let's keep it simple.
If you want to get away with anything, just declare, "Hey, I am an ACLU attorney!".....

[geaux]

How do you say, "Who's watching the quickie mart?"

[Vidalia]

Just a bagman who loves to heave a little Truth. Don't know the Vis.....

[Orual]

Good laugh to start off the month.

[Southern Federalist]

Wouldn't it be interesting to know what Arabic phrases are taught IDF personnel?

Do not touch that gun, O Spawn of Shaitan, if you desire to retain those excellent gifts of Allah which make possible a multitudinous progeny.

Be so kind as to be my guide to the weapons cache, lest I be compelled to dispatch you before your time to the unenthusiastic arms of the houris in Paradise.

Do me the honor of lying down on the floor in a respectful and unthreatening manner, O Son of a Dog, and raise your scrawny arms above your greasy head.

[crystalk]

Vidalia, vye-DALE-ee-uh, or vuh-DAL-ya, is a town in SE Georgia known for onions.

Visalia, vye-ZALE-ee-uh, or vee-SAHL-ee-uh, is a town in the San Joaquin (Central) Valley of California known for grapes, raisins, peaches, etc.