What is exciting about my consulting project in Dubai is the international team of expats and locals grooving together. (In fact, some 20-25% of the UAE's population is made up of non-locals: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UAE - 3.23 / 4.04 million = 80% non-locals)
However, with Arabs, Europeans, Americans, Filipinos, Indians and Singaporeans all speaking the new lingua franca (English), what is fascinating sometimes is the pronunciation. Examples:
An Indian: "Ve must cabture the revenues." = "We must capture the revenues."
A Singaporean: "It is guite goot." = "It is quite good."
A Spaniard: "Zhees committee is especial." = "This committee is special."
Arf! Arf! Lots o' fun!
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