tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post5256748816974120333..comments2023-11-30T19:37:17.366+10:30Comments on ADELAIDE DAILY PHOTO: L'onzième Feu-de-Joie annuel dans nos champs arrières, la nuit passéeM.Benauthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14644501811292368771noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-76717177025729584272009-10-26T21:37:18.633+10:302009-10-26T21:37:18.633+10:30Yes Lynn, and Michael too, I did learn to speak a ...Yes Lynn, and Michael too, I did learn to speak a little Arabic in my childhood. <br /><br />My aunt and uncle were Church of England missionaries in East Africa, - Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika, then in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan - with the Church Missionary Society. <br /><br />They would write to me when I was very young, in Arabic and then follow it up with lessons when they returned on furlough.<br /><br />I can still say "I have had an elegant sufficiency" and "I have had a flaming gutsfull" but have not found the elegant Arab company to try it out on again !!M.Benauthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14644501811292368771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-40460754572160217232009-10-26T00:32:03.527+10:302009-10-26T00:32:03.527+10:30So another one missed. Will definitely have to mak...So another one missed. Will definitely have to make it there one of these days. And yes, I was surprised to learn about the Arabic too Lynn. Such a worldly guy, huh!Michael Salonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10294866381143537391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6633953637253928587.post-5169046073677580192009-10-25T19:55:03.450+10:302009-10-25T19:55:03.450+10:30You spoke Arabic in your childhood, Monsieur? How ...You spoke Arabic in your childhood, Monsieur? How very interesting and something you haven't shared before. Hopefully we can see a little of it here at some point, en sha'allah... I, for one, would be keen! Ma'a salaama... ;)Cheltenhamdailyphotohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00518073757785956012noreply@blogger.com