English: “Arabic Language” in the Arabic Al-Bayan Script (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
For the one millionth time, there is no such language. Lebanese is a dialect. Arabic is the language!
Many people ask for a Lebanese interpreter. Well, as far as I know, this is considered discrimination in Australia if you ask for someone with a certain nationality. No, no, no, we mean an interpreter that speaks Lebanese. Ah, you mean an Arabic interpreter. No, not Arabic; Lebanese. Arabic is the language and Lebanese is only a dialect. Ah, ok, are you Lebanese? It’s none of your damn business!!!!
I cannot entirely blame the professionals. Lebanese people started this. They think they are so special! Today I saw something that made my head spin. This woman said in English: My mother only speaks Lebanese. Then, she turned around and told her mother in Arabic: I told them that you only speak Arabic. Bloody hell!!!!! Make up your mind, will you?
As a matter of fact, speaking in Arabic, nobody dares say they speak Lebanese, Egyptian, Tunisian, etc. In Arabic, everybody speaks Arabic. In English, however, Lebanese people think they speak Lebanese. They are the only people I know that do that. I never met any Egyptian, Iraqi or Syrian that said they speak anything other than Arabic.
This is the problem with the Lebanese. They think they are too good. They think they are better than everyone else. Although they speak Arabic, they don’t like to view themselves as Arabs. (May be this is why they don’t admit that they speak Arabic.) Although, they are geographically in the heart of the Middle East, they don’t relate to it.
A green flag with a white inscription above a crescent moon with horns upwards, all within a circle of chain and all around a white wreath with a ribbon at the base. Proportion 2:3 reported in Pavillons nationaux et marques distinctives. FOTW in the center an Arabic script for “League of Arab States” (Arabic: جامعة الدول العربية) Proportion 2:3 as reported. Green similar to 60 Years anniversary flag shown on the official site. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
The Lebanese have been a migrating people since the beginning of time. Back during the time of the Phoenicians, they had probably the world largest’s trade ship flees. They traveled the world to do business. Many of them would stay behind in one country or another and start a business and a life there. They are among the best businesspeople in the world.
I cannot think of a place on this Earth where there is no Lebanese. They are all over Latin America, North America, Western Europe, Australia and New Zealand. They own and run businesses in Africa and Eastern Europe. They are “invading” Asia, and have always had a huge influence in the Middle East and North Africa.
There is no denying that, generally speaking, they are intelligent, hardworking and successful. But, down here in Australia, it’s a totally different story. Lebanese people have a bad reputation. Period.
When you say Lebanese in Australia, people think organised crime, drugs, illegal arms, prostitution, loud fights, etc. Without going into detail as how this reputation came to exist, I just want to ask one question:
Why on God’s Earth do you still proudly introduce yourself as Lebanese and say that you speak Lebanese when Lebanese is not that much appreciated at the moment??? Why can’t you speak Arabic and come from the Middle East?
I will never understand!
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