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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:43

too funny Mrs. PH. This is such a brilliant thread, have had a goodlaugh reading it !

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:42

oh, i haven't won a million dirhams lol..... We were talking about this today!!!

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:39

oh, i haven't won a million dirhams

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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:38

I've won a million dirhams!

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EW OLDHAND

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:38

Why is our water bill so high ? Fill it up please ! Yes please, do wash the windscreen. Why does my grass keep dying ? No, you cannot have my mobile phone number ! Why am I getting advertising texts from the Dr.'s office? 'effing idiot' after I hang up the phone from some fake american accented customer service rep. (more times than I care to admit!!!)

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EW GURU

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:37

'I don't know how you got my mobile number and no I don't need any financial advice thank you goodbye'

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:24

I dont say this but today my colleague said "maybe you should prepone your flight."

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:23

must call Oasis we have no bottled water

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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 21:05

what's your mail ID? lol i do actually say these things. ha :D

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:57

I've not personally said these but.... 'You can collect after tomorrow' (??) 'This is my co-ordinates' (ie cell number)!!

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:53

MamSir ? You sooo have not ever said that :D not me but him ;) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzeMCV14F14

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:48

shway shway!

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EW GURU

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:47

Do the needful annoys the hek out of me! And please revert on the same... And he is not at his station... And after being on the phone to a broker/client for an hour, he/she writes me an email addressing me as Mr. ARGHHHHHH! Or Mr. So and So is not in his cabin.

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:47

MamSir ? You sooo have not ever said that :D

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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:46

MamSir ?

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:43

TBH I really do not like it when English speakers make fun of others who can not speak English as a native does. It really grinds on me the audacity of some expats in this respect. I agree, but this thread is about what WE EW'ers say that we never said before we moved here. Not what others say. So totally different. :) I concur. Most needfully. ;) I could also moan about what other western expats have brainwashed me into saying..... But that would be another thread!!! <em>edited by Lil Bubbly on 30/05/2012</em>

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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:42

TBH I really do not like it when English speakers make fun of others who can not speak English as a native does. It really grinds on me the audacity of some expats in this respect. I agree, but this thread is about what WE EW'ers say that we never said before we moved here. Not what others say. So totally different. :)

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:37

Can i have an appointment with Dr (firstname) ? (Dr John etc) (Is it just in the UK/ europe it's Dr (surname)???) Please revert soonest (actually I cannot bring myself to say this one but my colleagues do) Is your ma'am home? Can I speak to her?

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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:35

TBH I really do not like it when English speakers make fun of others who can not speak English as a native does. It really grinds on me the audacity of some expats in this respect. However, recently i saw a very serious note sent out by a company stating that "All accounts overdue will be constipated".

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 20:22

i have laundry for collection please. yes i'll just leave it outside the door. no if i'm not in when you deliver i'll just pay you next time. whatever. thanks :)

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:57

Take the 2nd street on the right, then go straight through the roundabout over the 2nd speedbump to the street on the left. Take the left and continue to the next roundabout, do a u turn, over the next speedbump, take the 1st street on your right and it's the 4th the house in :) I don't know how I'm going to cope when I go back home and get directions with street names :)

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Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:52

Do the needful annoys the hek out of me! And please revert on the same... And he is not at his station... And after being on the phone to a broker/client for an hour, he/she writes me an email addressing me as Mr. ARGHHHHHH!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:51

"The blue colour/ red colour etc" It's just BLUE/RED!! - the clue's in the word!

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:32

too much!!! Too much hot, too much traffic, too muchhhhhh Too much traffic - isnt that actually correct? There was a caption in Time Out the other week about things you should do before the heat is too much, lol.

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:30

oh no...today morning REALLY annoys me...it is "this" morning when refering to today... Sometimes you have to do the needful and say today morning or you may find that noone has done the needful round your backside.... . :\:;) <em>edited by Lil Bubbly on 30/05/2012</em>

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:27

Yes, I do have a pp copy! And a visa copy! and a photo! and the birth certificate of my great aunt martha born in 1923!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:24

I'll send it to the concerned department.......never to be seen again too much!!! Too much hot, too much traffic, too muchhhhhh

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:22

well clearly we don't otherwise it's not something I would hear

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EW EXPLORER

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:20

oh no...today morning REALLY annoys me...it is "this" morning when refering to today... we know what it *should* be lol!

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EW NEWBIE

Latest post on 30 May 2012 - 19:18

oh no...today morning REALLY annoys me...it is "this" morning when refering to today...

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