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**ClapekDodki** · 02-05-2011, 10:07 PM

Do Egyptians routinely use English in their day to day communication??

Many do. Some Egyptians use French in their day to day communication.

Why are there so many signs written in clear English protesting the Mubarak government???

Egyptians know that their government is going to lie to the rest of the world about the unrest, so they're trying to reach the rest of the world with their message.

Who are they directing their complaints to?

Their directing their complaints to their dictator and his non-Arabic speaking puppeteers

@ toney baloney
They know they can reach the most people & the worlds police (jewmerica) by using English. Tell me you don't know that English or Russian was req'd, by the majority of countries in the world, before the cold war was over? Also. you didn't know there is an American University in Cairo? http://www.aucegypt.edu/Pages/default.aspx

There are also two American high schools, one of which I attended while my father worked in Egypt.

Additionally, Arabic is the "official" language of Egypt.. But the CIA claims English and French are also common and widely understood.

I read once that English (Was, at least) the most common language for foreigners to learn.

If you speak English, you can get by in Egypt without speaking a word of Arabic...although their English skills vary.

Still, if they are speaking to their own people on such a domestic issue, I would expect to see the signs written in their native toungue.

They are their own people. they're speaking to their oppressor and his handlers.

02-05-2011, 10:07 PM	#7
ClapekDodki Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 422 Senior Member	Do Egyptians routinely use English in their day to day communication?? Many do. Some Egyptians use French in their day to day communication. Why are there so many signs written in clear English protesting the Mubarak government??? Egyptians know that their government is going to lie to the rest of the world about the unrest, so they're trying to reach the rest of the world with their message. Who are they directing their complaints to? Their directing their complaints to their dictator and his non-Arabic speaking puppeteers @ toney baloney They know they can reach the most people & the worlds police (jewmerica) by using English. Tell me you don't know that English or Russian was req'd, by the majority of countries in the world, before the cold war was over? Also. you didn't know there is an American University in Cairo? http://www.aucegypt.edu/Pages/default.aspx There are also two American high schools, one of which I attended while my father worked in Egypt. Additionally, Arabic is the "official" language of Egypt.. But the CIA claims English and French are also common and widely understood. I read once that English (Was, at least) the most common language for foreigners to learn. If you speak English, you can get by in Egypt without speaking a word of Arabic...although their English skills vary. Still, if they are speaking to their own people on such a domestic issue, I would expect to see the signs written in their native toungue. They are their own people. they're speaking to their oppressor and his handlers.
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