Thursday 3 October 2013

Buying a Vowel (1)

Be careful how you use your vowels in Tanzania as an A or an O can make all of the difference.  We all know how great Brad is with names and pronunciations don't we!  Well as we sojourned towards the mountain and greeted guides and porters coming from the mountain Lea would offer up the greetings of Jambo and would be greeted with huge smiles, Brad would reply with Jamba and would get in return Zulu warrior death stares.  As we found out Jambo means hello and Jamba means smelly fart. Apt!

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