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Moving back to Dubai after 22 years has been an experience! Back then we didn't have the internet or blogs. Now we do I can jot down my thoughts on daily life, things we come up against, things we enjoy, the multi-national society, the laws, the weather...plus other things in general which catch my attention.
About Me
- Seabee
- We lived in Dubai from 1977 to 1984, visited on a couple of holidays, then moved back again in 2005. We came because we wanted to watch the incredible development as it happened and we moved back to Oz in 2011. I now blog on Life in Oz and the link is on my last post here. I welcome comments & debate on the blog, but insults are unnecessary and inappropriate. I will delete any which are libel, racist, obscene, advertising or which are simply to make a point but are completely off-subject. If you want to do that, create your own blog. Oh, and I've decided to add a new category to the delete list because there are too many of them left on blogs - stupid comments. If you want to use my photos or quote from my posts you may do so - but only if you credit the source and give a link back to my original post.
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- Wildfires all over
- Dumped cars
- Irresistible!
- Google reveals anonymous blogger's identity
- Why the rudeness?
- Laws governing bloggers?
- Another vehicle fire death
- Yet more vehicle fires.
- Last word on inappropriate clothing.
- Dubai vs Abu Dhabi
- Dubai's very own Mata Hari
- Aussie vs Aussie over Dubai Waterfront deal
- The inappropriate clothing issue
- Indecent or inappropriate?
- Celebrity koala's sad end
- Here's one to get you going.
- I don't understand, again
- Magic & monsters
- It's awful out there.
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9 comments:
wow, thats an unprecedented degree of honesty ;P
Incredible!
To be fair, the arabic is correct: "buy one, get another (على الأخرى) for free."
Still a funny example of the risks of translation.
YAG thank you, I hoped someone would read the Arabic for us. It shows the dangers of slack proof reading in the English version.
(We'll probably get some Anons contributing conspiracy theories that it's discrimination against non-Arabic speakers though!)
I think it is a conspiracy theory & discrimination against non-Arabic speakers
There's also an asterisk after 'Buy one, get one', which suggests there may also be additional terms and conditions!
Thank you Anon :-)
* "until stocks last" perhaps?
Mr Goat, that popped up yet again in GN ads yesterday.
It's not just small local shops either, Samsung had sale prices "to the end of Ramadan or till stocks last" and Damas in two ads offered them "at selected outlets till stocks last"
With all the comment and ridicule about it you'd think copywriters and advertisers would have got it right by now.
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