A roof in Arabic
[photo-credit: Hovik under CC-licence]
In Lattakia, I met two Canadians who”™s been hanging around the Arabic Mediterranean for a while now. One told:
“œWhen I didn”™t know the Arabic word for “˜a house”™ yet, I always signaled a roof.”
He points the tips of his fingers to each other and forms a roof, like anyone else would.
“œBut Arabs never understood it. And I never got why.”
He laughs.
“œEver seen a house with a tilted roof here? No way!”
Apparently, if you want to express a house in sign language, you make a square sign with your hands, holding both your hands in front of you, and pointing thumbs down.
“œThat”™s how houses look like over here.”
