Why is this place sooooooo dead

Dear Asma and others,

Happy new year,

I juts discovered this treasure!

Reminds me of a funny situation during one edition of Dubai Air Show. During a press conference, the correspondent of Asharq Al Awsat newspaper volunteered to translate for the western officials as he was fielding questions by reporters. Before asking, an Arabic daily reporter said he is going to ask سؤال افتراضي and then proceeded with his question.

The translator hesistatntly told the official: "This is a ...... suppose-itional question ...."

That official was kind enough to tell him how good his translation was and that sometimes, the right words just escape one as they talk, only to find even better ones.

He turned to the reporter and said: "I am glad to answer your hypothetical question. However, suppositional is absolutely right."

The smile on the translator's face was priceless

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