8 Times When People Got Arabic Miserably Wrong
Even though the vast majority of Muslims in America speak English, they nonetheless use a few Arabic words and phrases are so widely used that non Muslim friends recognize them at least by sound. That makes for some hillarious mispronunciations:
Like this girl, who I think is trying to say “astaghfirullah.”
why do Muslims always say a staff gorilla when they do something bad
— dad (@saintiller) February 13, 2016
Or this girl:
Why do Muslims say to other Muslims salmonella come when they see each other? Are they bringing awareness of this disease?
— nalisa alia amin (@nalisaaa) January 13, 2017
Mashallah:
Salamu Alaykum
y do muslims always shake hands & say 'salman i like him' when they meet in the street who is salman y do they all like him
— hieronymus bosch (@flesrullikko) December 22, 2014
Alhamdulillah:
Why do muslims say 'all ham the umbrella' when they achieve something?”
— (@YungPakistani) March 8, 2016
Jazakallah khayr
Why do Muslims say jazz luck care when they help each other
— naz (@NotASettler) March 3, 2016
This interviewer definitely knows nothing about Arabic:
I told this job interviewer I spoke arabic. I read surah Ikhlas and told him I was asking him how his day went loool https://t.co/ISodI6CJlH
— hotho (@BeyondBisbaas) September 18, 2016
Neither does Lindsay Lohan:
Lindsay Lohan wanted to tell everyone "You're BEAUTIFUL" … later found out it means "You're a donkey" #BenHafiz pic.twitter.com/PAmUPGAi2D
— Fly FM (@FlyFM958) April 22, 2015