Comments on: A Video on Speaking Arabizi in Jordan

By: falasteeni

falasteeni — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 07:23:35 +0000

very funny but weird! :S

does anyone know the artist or song name that is playing in the background (the second song)….

thanks

By: Palestinian

Palestinian — Thu, 16 Nov 2006 14:00:03 +0000

the people in the video are really psychological sick
they think by saying some words in English they will appear like cultured and modern people

but they really appear stupid and shallow !!

hahahahahaha that was really funny thanks dude!!

By: lizard of oz

lizard of oz — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 13:16:38 +0000

lol yeah I remeber this I saw it on T.V… I think this is called in the jordanian slang: 3are6

By: urdunieh

urdunieh — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:00:16 +0000

WOW! that was hilarious! i loved the part when the guy was like “sarfees, uh, gazdy, 2zdy, (p)barking” lool. very true, but very sad.. the same happens with people who have cell phones.. ull see a guy in the middle of the market selling belts and socks 3ala al bas6a (on the ground) but has a nokia cell phone that costs more than 200 JDs.. hopefully, people will come to realize that the ppl their impressing shouldnt matter..good posts though!

By: Firas

Firas — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:59:12 +0000

The sketch is not about Arablizi for sure!
The only person who spoke some Eng. words was the guy, the two “balady” girls didn’t talk inklish!
It’s about some of the social disorders that we suffer from!

Now the concept of sitting in a coffee shop for 2 hours smooking a hookah and eating a cheesecake drives me nuts!It’s not cool at all!maybe for 20min…but 1 hours…c’mon!

Just for the records, these two girls do not represent Abdoun chicks or whatsover!I mean c’mon we got better than that!

Where did u get this Tarawneh?

That was mujama’ Jaber in the background

By: kinzi

kinzi — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:47:27 +0000

Well, Nas, mabruuk! I didn’t know that! I’ll have to buy it every month now…and I should have an article in the April issue

By: Alb Sayed

Alb Sayed — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 16:17:14 +0000

Great video; arabizi, haha! We’ve always called it “Arablish”, but same thing.

I thought only Egyptians had the “show-off” mentality, is it all Arabs?

Reminds me of a story I heard a while back:

A group of friends would close all the windows while riding in a car in the middle of the summer in Cairo, so people outside would think they have air conditioning. So they’d be sweating and extremely hot inside, but they did it for the sake of showing off.

By: Nas

Nas — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:36:47 +0000

kinzi, yeah, im in there every month

By: kinzi

kinzi — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:30:19 +0000

Rats…Arabizi is a great language for a foreigner and now I’ll be pegged as ‘un-conservative”. It was great to get away with covering lack of Arabic vocab by saying it in English with a Jordanian accent - everyone got it!

Hey Nas…did you write an article fo February JO, or is it someone with your name?

By: Hamzeh N.

Hamzeh N. — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 05:26:53 +0000

That was painful to watch, but I’m glad my patience was rewarded at the end

By: Laith

Laith — Tue, 14 Feb 2006 02:00:38 +0000

Akh… Im going to try and not complain about the scene itself, since i am going to pull my hair in a bit. This could have been an excellent and dynamic scene ( due to the concept) yet the writing and directing of it was weak. But i have to give the ending a nod, since it payed off the scene

By: Nas

Nas — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:38:17 +0000

omar, takhmees is basically doing stunts with the car like donuts, crazy 8’s, etc

By: omar

omar — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:53:01 +0000

sho hada “takhmees”
does it have to do with fifth gear?

By: Nas

Nas — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:45:01 +0000

moi…oooooh yeah. tell me about it. a living example is about 80% of those standing around abdoun circle on a thursday night!

By: moi

moi — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 20:24:35 +0000

LOL. That was really funny Nas. But after I laughing it off, I thought it was kind of sad…because unfortunately this is the reality of how far people will go to make an image for themselves (esp in the Arab world these days).

By: hatem abunimeh

hatem abunimeh — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 16:43:51 +0000

Good one Nas, I love it, especially when the guy finished drinking whatever was left the girl’s glasses. That scene is so true, it made my day. Lol.

By: Yasmine

Yasmine — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 15:43:09 +0000

LOL fagseh! Good one nasnas!