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Published: January 26th 2010
Have you ever been helped by an Ethiopian and said “thank you” to them in their native language, and then they laugh? What’s the deal with that? With the help of the other group we have picked up some of the native language Omharic, not Amharic which is spoken in Addis and is, I guess, the National language. Whenever I or anyone in the group says anything in Omharic, the response is always a laugh, followed by a response if needed. It’s a polite laugh, not a condescending “hahaha, you’re a stupid foreigner” laugh. They just seriously get a kick out of us speaking the language; it never fails. I’m just a funny rock star, people love me.
It does get tiring though. You begin to understand how celebrities feel. Every day you have to be ON and ready to wave, say whats up, and interact with anybody and everybody; it’s tiring.
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you are the Brad Pitt of JImma !!!!!