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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Hey Sadeek! (my friend)

"Sadeek" which literally means " my friend" is a very common word used to call asian workers from Bangladesh, Pakistan or India. Such a word sounds normal to many, "hey sadeek give me that" " hey sadeek can I order bal bla" etc.. But just because it's used to call those asian nationalities, it's not a good idea to call an arab "sadeek" especially saudis, although it means " Friend" as they feel insulted they have been compared by those "cheap" "messy" and "scum" workers!! "my Friend" sounds to them as an "unfriendly" way to speak to someone as if I degraded their ego! Such a sick community!

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