Texting With the Syntax of a Jihadi
I was in Starbucks where I managed to find a seat in the corner. It was quite a nice seat considering seating is hard to come by in Starbucks. I started to read from my tablet, and found this article on the Jihadi John.
I then noticed that the guy next to me looked like he could be a Jihadi John.
I started to test him on his accent and comprehension level (if he even understood what I was saying).
Turns out guilty on both counts (accent and comprehension level).
Me: You've got yourself a nice place here.
Guy: (Looks up with a half smile, looking intimidated.)
Me: You have a pretty nice spot.
Guy: I donent no.
I just sat down and momentarily watched him push his fingers around frantically on his phone. I couldn't make out the language, but it looked like the Latin alphabet (not Arabic, although I wonder how one would text in Arabic on a Latin keyboard?)
Me: Is that the new iPhone?
Guy: i-ye-Phoneee?
Still no comprehension. His "i-ye-Phonee" sounded Hispanic.
Me: You don't speak English?
Guy: Englishi?
Me: Where are you from?
Guy: Colombia.
I returned to my tablet, and continued to drink my coffee.
He was glancing back and forth at me (I guess he thought he could chat me up or something, and wasn't astute enough to realize that I wasn't asking him pleasantries):
"Where do you work?"
"Near Walmart, like this..."
"Ah, McDonalds."
"Where is your family?"
"In Montreal and here."
All this with ample sign language and repeated words. I speak good enough Spanish, but I wasn't about to make things easy for him.
Such is the state of our Multi-Culti land.
And I still don't trust him.
What is to stop him from joining Arab Muslims, whom he greatly resembles, to find himself a welcoming community in this land of those evil, racist whites?
Posted By: Kidist P. Asrat